Thankfully the prizes for human winners are far higher than those for machines
Alibaba has added a twist to its annual Global Math Competition by opening a separate challenge to AI.
The annual competition is conducted in two rounds – the first focused on"enjoying the beauty of mathematics" and finals that"emphasize the cutting edge of academic research." In 2023 over 50,000 competed in the open-book qualifier, leaving 685 to fight it out in an eight-hour battle for the first prize of $40,000.This year the challenge has added a category for AIs, whether built by individual developers, universities, research institutions or even corporations.
The directions for the AI challenge indicate that participants can start training models or designing prompts after completing registration and must submit those models or prompts to the organizing committee before April 12. Once the exam starts, AI contestants must use AI to answer questions within 48 hours and submit human-readable answers into the exam system.