Mathematicians Call for an OpenAI Boycott + 5 More AI Stories

OpenAI released 722 maths papers at once, a group of mathematicians urged colleagues to stop working with OpenAI, and OpenAI withdrew three results within 48 hours. It is one of 6 AI stories this week where the problem came out because somebody tested it.

We cover OpenAI's scrapped Astra upgrade, the Pentagon's statement on Anthropic against what the BBC's sources said, Common Sense Media's 'Unacceptable Risk' rating for ChatGPT for Teens, OpenAI's 722 maths papers and the pushback, three fired OpenAI safety researchers, the free ChatGPT upgrade that builds working mini-apps, and why AI took 64% of all venture money last quarter.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Caught by its own tests
00:48 The model OpenAI pulled
03:20 Pentagon vs its sources
04:55 The teen safety test
06:48 722 papers, checked
08:15 ChatGPT builds mini-apps
09:43 Where the money went
10:44 What this changes
11:12 The thread

SOURCES — every number in this video traces to one of these:
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-sol/
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-6-1-sol
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/openai-new-model-astra-release-scrapped
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://www.wsj.com/world/openai-halts-new-model-over-safety-worries-e0b12abb
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://aviatrix.ai/threat-research-center/openai-gpt-6-1-astra-safety-concerns-2026/
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/gpt-6-astra-performs-unsanctioned-supply-chain-attacks-in-simulations
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-models-behaving-unexpectedly-security-experts/
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/openai-abandons-plan-to-release-upcoming-model-as-safety-concerns-escalate.html
- OpenAI GPT-6.1 Astra: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/fired-openai-safety-researchers-dispute-misconduct-claims-warn-of-chilling-effect/
- ChatGPT for Teens: https://institute.commonsensemedia.org/risk-assessments/chatgpt-teens
- ChatGPT for Teens: https://kfgo.com/2026/10/07/openai-says-teens-use-chatgpt-for-under-15-minutes-a-day-as-worries-over-risks-grow
- Pentagon and Anthropic: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5j9x9pr0240o
- Pentagon and Anthropic: https://aiweekly.co/alerts/pentagon-tells-bbc-it-has-stopped-using-anthropics-claude
- Pentagon and Anthropic: https://forkast.news/the-pentagon-stopped-using-anthropic-the-safety-guardrails-are-why/
- Pentagon and Anthropic: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pentagon-stops-using-anthropics-ai-tools-months-after-declaring-it-a-supply-chain-risk/articleshow/134714380.cms
- OpenAI's maths papers: https://openai.com/index/sharing-ai-progress-in-mathematics/
- OpenAI's maths papers: https://github.com/openai/math
- OpenAI's maths papers: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/10/07/ahm-statement-on-openais-october-6-release-of-mathematical-documents/
- OpenAI's maths papers: https://github.com/openai/math/commits/main/
- OpenAI's maths papers: https://github.com/openai/math/blob/main/history.md
- ChatGPT Intelligent UI: https://community.openai.com/t/gpt-6-is-now-rolling-out-to-all-chatgpt-users/1404163
- Q3 2026 venture funding: https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/q3-2026-global-startup-funding-ai-billion-dollar-rounds-exits-data/
- Q3 2026 venture funding: https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/q3-2026-pitchbook-nvca-venture-monitor

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