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OpenAI、Anthropic罕见联手：砸下1个亿，给数学家送钱、送算力
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Source: zhidx.com
Zhixi Compiler | Huang Fei Editor | Jiang Yu Zhixi reported on October 16 that yesterday, OpenAI, Anthropic and the Simons Foundation of the United States jointly invested US$15 million (approximately RMB 101 million) to support mathematicians in evaluating AI-assisted research results and help researchers learn and use AI tools. Among them, OpenAI invested US$5 million (approximately RMB 33.6 million), and the specific amount of Anthropic has not been disclosed. According to the foundation announcement, the two companies will also provide AI tools and computing resources to funded researchers, and the relevant funds will be managed and distributed by the Simons Foundation. ▲OpenAI and Anthropic successively forwarded the Simons Foundation’s cooperation announcement on the X platform. Source: Simons Foundation, Anthropic and OpenAI On October 6, before the announcement of this cooperation, OpenAI caused controversy in the academic community by uploading 719 AI-generated mathematical manuscripts to the code repository at one time. Many mathematicians questioned the release method and verification of the results. In September this year, 25 Fields Medal winners including Terence Tao jointly issued a statement criticizing some of the practices of AI companies in mathematical research. Anthropic also released a research on the Riemann zeta function that was verified by external peers on August 10. The two AI giants have entered the mathematics circle as "financiers" at the same time. This may be a joint plan to mend relations and compete for the right to speak in academic circles. 1. OpenAI has clearly invested 33.6 million yuan. Previously, 719 manuscripts caused controversy in the mathematics community. OpenAI published an article "Sharing AI Progress in Mathematics" on the official website on the same day, making it clear that it will contribute 5 million US dollars to this plan. OpenAI said that it hopes to help mathematicians understand and evaluate AI generation through financial and technical support.