# 25 Fields Medallists sign declaration on AI-mathematics misalignment > Source: > Published: 2026-09-12 20:06:00+00:00 # 25 Fields Medallists sign declaration on AI-mathematics misalignment According to mathematician Terry Tao's blog post, 25 Fields Medallists, including Tao, signed a declaration stating that AI companies' push to solve mathematical problems as benchmarks is detrimental to mathematics as a science. The post states the goals of AI companies and the mathematical community are severely misaligned, and that broader alignment issues impact other scientific and creative fields. ## Topics ## Sources - Official [Read article](https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a-severe-misalignment-of-ai-in-mathematics/) ## Go deeper This intelligence is sourced automatically from public sources across the web and synthesised by the Prefactor AI pipeline. Stories are reviewed before publication.