OpenAI Forms Math Advisory Group After AI Solves Over 100 Open Problems
Nine mathematicians will advise OpenAI on assessing and releasing AI-generated results, but the unpaid group cannot slow or redirect its research. Hosted at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, it follows AI resolutions of 100+ problems, including Navier–Stokes.
OpenAI announced in September 2026 the formation of an independent advisory group focused on mathematics and artificial intelligence, hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. The move follows the company’s AI resolving more than 100 open problems across mathematics, including a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem.
Called the Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, the body is designed to give mathematicians more input into OpenAI’s math-oriented research. Nine prominent mathematicians have been named as initial members. The group will assess the significance of new results and coordinate their release. Members will not be paid but can offer unsolicited advice, go public with their views, and control their own membership.
However, the group’s influence has clear limits. OpenAI stated in its blog post that “the group will not be responsible for advising us on how to pace our internal progress on mathematics,” meaning members have no authority to slow down or redirect the company’s research. The Institute for Advanced Study echoed this in its own announcement: “Although we will give advice, we do not have decision making power at any AI company, and the responsibility for the decisions made by any company will rest with that company.”
The advisory group’s formation comes amid growing tension between AI labs and the mathematics community. Earlier in September 2026, 25 Fields Medal-winning mathematicians signed an open letter arguing that AI labs are threatening their intellectual work by racing to solve famous math problems. Of the nine initial members named to OpenAI’s new group, only one — IAS’s Camillo De Lellis — also signed that letter.
OpenAI described the group as “a bridge to the mathematical community and broader public, giving mathematicians a voice in how we move forward,” though the structure suggests that voice will remain consultative rather than directive.