25 Fields Medalists Warn of AI Threat to Mathematics

25 leading mathematicians — recipients of the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in mathematics — have issued a warning letter: the development of artificial intelligence poses risks to scientific research and the mathematical community. In their assessment, the goals of AI companies and scientists diverge. Companies increasingly use language models' ability to solve already known mathematical problems as a measure of AI capability. For mathematicians, this is merely a tool for discovering new knowledge and methods. The signatories acknowledged that AI can accelerate research. The nature of its impact, however, depends on decisions made by those who control these systems.