Terence Tao provides a reference list of interviews and talks from October and early November 2026, focused largely on mathematics and artificial intelligence. He says his blog is increasingly featuring guest perspectives on these subjects, while his own views - sometimes overlapping with, but not identical to, those of contributors - are collected separately. The roundup is intended to help readers find his recent public discussions, rather than present a new mathematical argument or research result.
The listed appearances range across science podcasts, news outlets, and opinion writing. Their titles indicate discussions of mathematics’ role in everyday life, the development of open mathematical AI models, AI’s attempts at famous problems, and the limitations of machine-generated solutions. Tao also calls for a “Maths 2.0” approach and describes the risks of an AI race that can turn mathematical work into “toxic waste.” The interviews and coverage appeared through BBC Science Focus, the SAIR Foundation, The Observer, Nature, Science Friday, New Scientist, and The New Yorker. Tao notes that some invitations arose from current events, while others coincide with the planned November 10 release of a book he wrote.
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