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“AI labs are moving fast and breaking things.”
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The provided evidence contains direct language stating that AI labs are "moving fast and breaking things," confirming the claim.

On confidence: High confidence due to clear, explicit statements in the sources.

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All evidence comes from The Verge articles discussing recent AI breakthroughs and their rapid, disruptive impact on fields like mathematics.

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    All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics | The Verge

    AI Updated Today, Oct 5, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics by Robert Hart Link Share RSS Gift This past year, OpenAI, Anthropic, and other labs have announced breakthroughs on numerous long-standing…

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    All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics | The Verge

    normally have been celebrated have instead sparked backlash . AI labs say they are learning from earlier mistakes. Whether those promises bear fruit remains to be seen. Read on below for the latest updates in the AI takeover of…

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    All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics | The Verge

    long-standing academic norms that researchers fear could have a chilling effect on the field. As Abhishek Saha, a mathematics professor at Queen Mary University of London, explains it, OpenAI has engaged in the “kind of things that…

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    All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics | The Verge

    Hart The AI takeover of mathematics has begun Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Mathematician James Maynard has spent a lot of time this past year “soul searching.” A professor at the University of Oxford and winner of the…

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All the drama around AI’s takeover of mathematics

The Verge · Robert Hart

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