Business Insider September 10, 2026 • 22:46

OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop' - businessinsider.com

By Truman Dickerson

OpenAI pulls out of Caltech math hackathon after mathematicians issue open letter criticizing AI math 'slop' - businessinsider.com

Caltech mathematicians said the event, which is sponsored by AI companies, "is likely to have destructive impacts for the mathematical community."

The latest math problem OpenAI is trying to solve is a bunch of angry mathematicians.
A researcher at OpenAI said on Thursday that the ChatGPT maker is no longer sponsoring Caltech's "math hackathon… [+3131 chars]

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