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title: "A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics (Terence Tao/What's new)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-group-of-25-fields-medal-recipients-says-ai-companies-push-to-solve-8a2e5652
published: 2026-09-11T20:02:10.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics (Terence Tao/What's new)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-09-11 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/a-group-of-25-fields-medal-recipients-says-ai-companies-push-to-solve-8a2e5652

Terence Tao / What's new : A group of 25 Fields Medal recipients says AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as a benchmark is detrimental to the science of mathematics — I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week.

In this story: [AI in mathematics](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-in-mathematics)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/260911/p27#a260911p27)

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