AnalysisPolicySeptember 9, 2026

Gary Marcus: Terence Tao and ex-Anthropic staffer issue AI warnings

Gary Marcus pairs Terence Tao's recent mathstodon posts — arguing puzzle-solving isn't new insight and calling for transparency — with a warning from someone who just quit Anthropic. Marcus ties Tao's posts to the OpenAI-NYU-Anthropic Navier-Stokes controversy, where OpenAI spent $22.5 million to scoop Alpöge and Buckmaster.

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