Dan Roberts
Role at the time: Research scientist, OpenAI
Statement summary
OpenAI research scientist Dan Roberts announced that OpenAI withdrew its sponsorship of the Caltech Mathathon competition after 771 Caltech-affiliated mathematicians signed an open letter objecting to the event's framing, saying OpenAI recognizes AI's progress in mathematics "is disruptive."
“We recognize that the rapid progress of AI in mathematics is disruptive... After considering concerns raised by members of the mathematics community, we've decided to withdraw OpenAI's sponsorship of the Caltech Mathathon and have notified the organizers.”
OpenAI research scientist Dan Roberts's X post announcing OpenAI's withdrawal of sponsorship from the Caltech Mathathon competition, following an open letter from 771 Caltech-affiliated mathematicians.
Why we used this label
OpenAI acknowledges the disruption its AI progress has caused the mathematics community and withdraws sponsorship in response to concerns, without directly conceding wrongdoing in the underlying authorship/credit dispute -- a conciliatory but non-admitting response.