OpenAI has produced so many mathematical research findings that it cannot publish them all in a timely manner, and has enlisted three Fields Medalists to vet the work.

Exclusive: Beating AI News Flash OpenAI has established a "Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Advisory Group" hosted by Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). The company stated that an internal research model has solved over 100 long-standing open problems spanning multiple mathematical fields, including the previously announced research on the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem. Most of these findings remain unpublished. The advisory group will assess the significance of these results, their publication approach, and compliance with academic standards. Its first nine members include three Fields Medal winners: Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, and Edward Witten. Members will not receive compensation from OpenAI, may publicly criticize the company, and can independently release recommendations. However, the group holds no decision-making power and will not determine the pace of OpenAI’s internal mathematical research. This move is OpenAI’s direct response to recent dissatisfaction from the mathematics community. Earlier, 25 Fields Medal winners including Terence Tao, Yufei Zhao, and Peter Scholze released a joint statement accusing AI companies of framing the solving of major math problems as a benchmark, which has begun to harm mathematical research. The statement acknowledged that large models have advanced rapidly in recent months and can solve several important open problems across fields, but emphasized that mathematics prioritizes the new concepts, methods, and understanding generated from such solutions.