I noticed that as well. It is scary. There is this big push in academia to work in AI because funding. Many mathematicians are a bit fed up with AI because the

I noticed that as well. It is scary. There is this big push in academia to work in AI because funding. Many mathematicians are a bit fed up with AI because the paper of the fields tend to be a bit liberal with claims and they are not subject to the same standard as fields such as statistics or numerical analysis. Many mathematical researchers I have known have abstained from jumping in the AI bandwagon until they see the name of a well-known professor in an AI paper. Then they cave.