Caltech Mathathon Lands $1M in Tokens Each from OpenAI and Anthropic for Millennium Problems
akbirthko · x · 2026-09-02
The upcoming Caltech Mathathon has secured $1 million in tokens from OpenAI and another $1 million from Anthropic. Commenters quip that if the AI industry doesn't solve more than two Millennium Prize Problems, it's just another example of its terrible ROI — and adjusting for inflation since the prize was founded in 2000, solving even one problem would break even.
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