OpenAI reportedly claims AI solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, unverified
apples_jimmy · x · 2026-09-08
Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI told him its AI solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem. The claim remains unverified and has erupted into a dispute over scientific credit, with rumors the result was sniped from a user's Codex session.
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