Terence Tao Warns AI Threatens Open Science Traditions

Terence Tao observed that the rumor of work on a problem now triggers rapid AI-driven efforts to solve it first. Paige Bailey called the comment concerning given Tao's usual support for AI. Ryan Orhan and others echoed that researchers might begin keeping promising directions secret rather than publish early. Antirez countered that any completed proof still adds to knowledge. OpenAI separately announced free frontier model access for selected academic researchers.