OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours
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OpenAI's claim that it solved parts of Navier-Stokes equations has quickly stirred controversy.
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- 2026-09-11 08:13 · r/singularity
The Guy Who Broke the Anthropic Millennium Prize Story Says OpenAI Is Now Using Its Navier–Stokes Model on Riemann and P vs NP - 2026-09-10 16:24 · r/singularity
Big news is that OpenAI is nearing solving another millennium prize, but OpenAI now saying categorically it’s impossible that Levent/Buckmaster’s recent codex usage influenced their model’s output - 2026-09-10 16:05 · r/singularity
In its Wednesday night statement, OpenAI said: "In addition, since the completion of Navier-Stokes, we have made substantial progress on another Millennium Prize problem. We are working through how to share these results thoughtfully." - 2026-09-10 00:48 · r/antiai
OpenAI stole credit for solving the Navier Stokes Millennium problem. This is the peak (so far) of ai theft of ideas. - 2026-09-09 20:57 · r/OpenAI
OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is an ethereal 'Alien Mind' with AGI-like qualities - 2026-09-09 16:25 · r/learnmachinelearning
OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents worked for 88 hours to solve Navier–Stokes - 2026-09-09 12:30 · Tom's Hardware
OpenAI's breakthrough solution for the elusive Navier-Stokes problem overshadowed by plagiarism controversy — researcher says OpenAI scraped Codex session and issued career threats - 2026-09-09 11:33 · r/artificial
OpenAI says AI solved a Millennium Prize math problem, but experts haven’t signed off - 2026-09-09 11:20 · Tom's Hardware
OpenAI claims GPT-6 Astra is an ethereal 'Alien Mind' with AGI-like qualities — company warns of alignment challenges as new frontier leader emerges - 2026-09-09 05:49 · Mint AI
What is Navier-Stokes problem? OpenAI claims AI solved 90-year-old math mystery - 2026-09-09 05:04 · Latent Space
[AINews] OpenAI reports Navier-Stokes singularity find in 88 hours using Astra-next, roughly 10,000 agents and 130B tokens (>$40M), a contender for second ever Millennium Prize awarded - 2026-09-08 23:55 · Simon Willison's Weblog
Some thoughts on the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem - 2026-09-08 22:27 · Semafor Technology
OpenAI agents find proof to $1 million Millennium Prize Problem - 2026-09-08 20:57 · BBC Technology
OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours - 2026-09-08 20:50 · r/ChatGPT
OpenAI might’ve cheated when solving the Navier-Stokes millennium-prize problem; problems with AI in academics - 2026-09-08 19:04 · r/artificial
OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours, my celebratory wallpaper - 2026-09-08 18:56 · r/agi
On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem - 2026-09-08 18:05 · r/artificial
Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem Solved - 2026-09-08 18:02 · r/OpenAI
OpenAI claims a model more capable than GPT 6 Astra solved Navier Stokes - 2026-09-08 17:31 · r/ArtificialInteligence
OpenAI says a model more capable than GPT-6 Astra solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem