OpenAI announced it had solved a mathematics problem approximately 90 years old, but the company now faces a dispute over the origin of its solution. The announcement generated controversy in the mathematics and scientific community.
Professor Tristan Buckmaster, from New York University, disputes OpenAI's version. According to the professor, the company started working on a similar approach after receiving information about the research he was developing together with Levent Alpöge, a researcher at Anthropic.
The dispute raises questions about OpenAI's transparency and research practices, as well as how the company obtained prior knowledge about the academic work in question.
The case highlights the growing tensions between technology companies and academic researchers in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly when it comes to significant mathematical discoveries.
