Fields Medalist Announces Move to OpenAI for AI Safety

At the Fields Medal ceremony on July 23, newly minted medalist Jacob Tsimerman, a University of Toronto mathematician, announced he will join OpenAI to work on AI safety. OpenAI executives including Chief Research Officer Mark Chen confirmed the move. Tsimerman believes number theory tools can help shift AI safety from empirical testing to formal proof, addressing challenges posed by long-horizon models.

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