AI start-ups aggressively recruit mathematicians to advance artificial intelligence research

Summary

The article reports on a growing trend of mathematicians leaving academia to join AI start-ups, including both major companies like OpenAI and Google and newly formed ventures. These companies are investing heavily in mathematics as a key to improving artificial intelligence, with the potential for AI to transform mathematics itself. The piece highlights the tension between academic mathematics and the private sector's aggressive recruitment, as well as the philosophical implications of AI systems that could solve mathematical problems and build more intelligent AI.