EventPolicySeptember 11, 2026

Mathematicians' open letter seeks cancellation of Caltech Mathathon

Roughly 1,000 mathematicians signed a September 10 open letter demanding cancellation of the Caltech Mathathon, a student-run hackathon where 100 teams would use frontier LLMs on open problems. The event was backed by $2M in credits from Anthropic and OpenAI, and one clause warns participation could damage careers.

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