>math professor spends a year on one of the hardest unsolved problems in math
>"Navier-Stokes"
>his drafts for the whole project went through codex sessions
>openai had his logs in codex
>suddenly rumor leaks AI solved it
>he emails openai to ask what's going on
>openai calls within days
>"funny story, our model also solved it"
>using his exact approach
>asks openai: did you train on my sessions?
>no answer
"Why would you ruin your career ?"
They don't care about the mathematics, about the results, about the ideas, they just want to compete, to be first, and get the competitive advantage coming with it. These big corporations are no friend of fundamental research.