Researchers are getting tired of OpenAI gatekeeping its breakthroughs

What happened

Researchers speaking to The Verge criticized OpenAI’s selective disclosure of claimed breakthroughs in mathematics, computer science, and physics, arguing that public announcements should come with public access. OpenAI released its mathematics output, plans an external group to explain its computer science result, and has withheld the physics materials pending expert guidance. Experts described the findings as potentially significant, but evaluating them takes time and access; AGMAI urged immediate publication of the physics outputs and equal access for researchers.

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The story so far

OpenAI announced claimed breakthroughs in mathematics, computer science, and physics, releasing its mathematics output while planning for an external group to explain the computer science result and withholding the physics materials pending expert guidance. Researchers speaking to The Verge criticized the selective access, arguing that public announcements should come with public access to the work. Experts described the findings as potentially significant but said evaluating them requires time and access. AGMAI urged OpenAI to publish the physics outputs immediately and give researchers equal access.