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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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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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."
  4. 2026-09-09 16:25 · r/learnmachinelearning
    OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents worked for 88 hours to solve Navier–Stokes
  5. 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
  6. 2026-09-09 05:49 · Mint AI
    What is Navier-Stokes problem? OpenAI claims AI solved 90-year-old math mystery
  7. 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
  8. 2026-09-08 20:57 · BBC Technology
    OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours
  9. 2026-09-08 19:04 · r/artificial
    OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours, my celebratory wallpaper

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