A new Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence has been established at the Institute for Advanced Study and online at agmai.org to manage the consequences of rapid AI advances for mathematical research. Its stated purpose is to advise AI companies on interactions with the mathematical community, especially the responsible presentation and release of mathematical results, with an emphasis on protecting long-term prospects for deep human understanding. The group brings together prominent mathematicians - François Charles, Camillo De Lellis, Timothy Gowers, Martin Hairer, Nikhil Srivastava, Ulrike Tillmann, Ravi Vakil, Edward Witten, and Melanie Matchett Wood - and formed after initial outreach from OpenAI, with members expanding the effort into an independent body.
The group commits to independence, transparency, and accountability: members accept no payment, will publish recommendations, and offer counsel to any company whose models significantly affect mathematics, while acknowledging they hold no decision-making power within companies. Its immediate task is to advise OpenAI on coordinating the release of many significant mathematical results reportedly produced by an internal model. Input from the wider mathematical community is actively solicited via a feedback form; responses will inform the group’s recommendations and will not be released without contributors’ approval.
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