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This AI advancement raises the following questions: (a) How much can AI speed up the process from ideation to peer-reviewed publication? (b) What is the role of a mathematician when AI can solve conjectures faster? We are assembling the top math talent worldwide to answer these questions. On October 30th, a hundred teams will be given frontier models to solve open conjectures and build new mathematical theories. Then, they will defend their results before leading mathematicians, who will assess their understanding of the results. We will award prizes to the most promising and well-explained results at the event. Then, after the math community has had time to verify these results, we will provide a second round of prizes. It will be the first hackathon ever devoted to research level mathematics. Apply Contact Read about our commitments to responsible AI use.

AI has made groundbreaking progress in pure math in the past few months. That raises the question: how can we responsibly use AI tools to augment human understanding of mathematics? We are assembling 100 teams of mathematicians to answer this question. Our objective is to provide frontier models for the math community to use, as opposed to solely AI corporations. The Mathathon will consist of two rounds: Round 1: Onsite, 40 hours. Teams will receive $20k+ of AI credits, make preliminary progress, and present work to a panel of judges. Round 2: Teams that win Round 1 will receive…

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