OpenAI hires a mathematician who warned AI could end humanity

fields medalist jacob tsimerman joined openai's safety team to address the lack of theoretical guarantees in empirical ai systems. he previously co-authored a paper analyzing 'omnicide events' where ai contributes to human extinction, arguing society must assess risks honestly rather than panic. tsimerman predicts ai will soon outperform humans in mathematics, though demis hassabis notes current models like openai's o1 haven't solved millennium prize problems yet. this move underscores a growing trend of elite mathematicians entering ai labs to formalize safety.