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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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Timeline · 7 reports

  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. 2026-09-09 16:25 · r/learnmachinelearning
    OpenAI says 10,000 AI agents worked for 88 hours to solve Navier–Stokes
  3. 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
  4. 2026-09-09 05:49 · Mint AI
    What is Navier-Stokes problem? OpenAI claims AI solved 90-year-old math mystery
  5. 2026-09-08 20:57 · BBC Technology
    OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours
  6. 2026-09-08 17:42 · r/MachineLearning
    OpenAl Says It Has Cracked One of Math's “Millennium Problems” (Navier-Stokes) [N]
  7. 2026-09-08 17:12 · r/singularity
    OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

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