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Harvard Math Professor Joins Independent Group Advising AI Companies on Research Standards

Harvard Mathematics professor Melanie Matchett Wood has joined an independent group of nine mathematicians that will advise OpenAI and other AI companies on how to responsibly release mathematical results, the group announced Monday.

The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence is hosted at the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent research center in Princeton, New Jersey. Wood is its only Harvard affiliate, and its members are unpaid and plan to publish their recommendations publicly.

Wood said in a Monday interview that the group would offer advice to any AI company that wants it.

“Our goal is to work for the best interests of mathematics and the future of mathematics, and to do that by advising any AI companies that need such advice on their interactions with math research,” she said.

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