In the media
Álvaro in the media
Media posts that mention me.
2026
- Oct 26 BBC World Service, Outside Source A conversation about OpenAI's drop of mathematics manuscripts I was interviewed for this show. The interview starts at minute 27.
- Oct 23 Proofs and Prompts A Response to “Who will become the new mathematicians of Math 2.0?” I contributed a blog post.
- Oct 12 The Economist AI’s mathematics blitz pushes science into strange new territory I am quoted in this article.
- Oct 10 The Decoder “How much beauty have we lost?” Mathematicians react with shock and disgust as OpenAI bulldozes their field I am quoted in this article.
- Oct 10 Infobae Un error obliga a OpenAI a retirar tres estudios matemáticos hechos con IA tras presentarlos como un hito histórico I am quoted in this article.
- Oct 10 The Archimedeans (YouTube) Professor Sir Timothy Gowers’ talk “What AI did during my summer holidays” Gowers uses a diagram I created with the help of an LLM and Will Sawin at minute 9:00
- Oct 9 The Verge ‘Pure insanity’: Mathematicians will need years to make sense of OpenAI’s latest drop I was interviewed for this piece and quoted.
- Oct 9 Time News Mathematicians React to OpenAI Release of AI-Generated Preprints I was quoted in this piece.
- Oct 8 Terence Tao’s blog, What’s new What should we tell our students? Terry Tao invited me to write a guest post on his blog.
- Oct 8 Proofs and Prompts 100+ reactions to 100+ solutions The editors requested a response to the OAI drop for this blog post.
- Oct 8 in.gr Οι μαθηματικοί σε υπαρξιακή κρίση - Μοντέλο της OpenAI σαρώνει εκατοντάδες άλυτα προβλήματα I am quoted in this article.
- Oct 8 OfficeChai Mathematicians Did Not Ask For So Many Proofs, OpenAI Has Total Disregard For Norms Of Scientific Research: Association Of Human Mathematics I was quoted in this piece.
- Oct 8 Kingy AI Terence Tao, AI Math and the Gatekeeping Problem This post discusses my guest post on Terence Tao’s blog.
- Oct 8 HyperAI Math Professor Urges Students to Pursue PhDs Despite AI Concerns This story is about my guest post on Terence Tao’s blog.
- Oct 7 Nature OpenAI posts 700 maths preprints online: mathematicians are up in arms I was mentioned in this piece.
- Oct 7 OfficeChai Mathematicians React With Shock And Wonder After OpenAI Releases Over 300 Math Proofs At Once I was quoted in this piece.
- Sep 28 The Verge OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians I was interviewed for this piece, and the journalist quotes me several times.
- Sep 28 El Ecosistema Startup OpenAI crea AGMAI: el panel de matemáticos que quiere (y no puede) frenarla I am quoted in this article.
- Sep 14 Business Insider Inside the generational clash over AI in math: ‘We don’t have the luxury of waiting’ I was interviewed for this article, and mentioned in text
- Sep 11 Boletin de la RSME El Huracan de los Lenguajes Extensos I wrote a column for the bulletin of the Royal Mathematical Society of Spain
- Aug 31 Proof and Prompts Invest in Human Mathematicians! I wrote a guest-post for this blog
- Jun 22 Slate AI’s first big math breakthrough is not what it seems I created an image that was used in this article
- May 30 Dagens Nyheter AI:s senaste genombrott skrämmer matematiker I created an image that was used in this article
- May 28 Science Alert Stunning AI solution for 80 year old problem stuns mathematicians I created an image that was used in this article
- May 26 The Conversation An AI solution to an 80-year-old problem has shocked mathematicians I created an image that was used in this article
- May 22 Nature AI cracks 80-year-old math challenge I created an image that was used in this article
2025
- Mar 7 Reader’s Digest Only geniuses can solve this viral math equation — can you?
- Jan 3 NBC Boston News How 2025 is a ‘perfect square’ year
2024
- Oct 28 ScienceNews Two teenagers have once again proved an ancient math rule
- Jul 27 Business Insider – “So Expensive” YouTube series Why Hagoromo chalk is so expensive
- Jun 27 WILI-AM Interview with Wayne Norman Using TikTok to conquer “math phobia”
- Jun 10 UConn Today Math Professor Uses TikTok to Tackle ‘Math Phobia’
2023
- Oct 25 WHUS Wall Street Journal Places UConn in its Top 50 Best Colleges in America
- Sep 13 Daily Campus UConn’s high stance in WSJ ranking comes at somewhat of a surprise
- Apr 8 The Guardian New Orleans teens’ Pythagorean proof gains compelling evidence
2014
- Jun 26 UConn Today Meeting Common Core Standards for Math
Also on my UConn page.