Rumor swirls that OpenAI's internal Astra model solved Navier–Stokes
haider1 · x · 2026-09-08
Late-night drama on X over a rumor that OpenAI's internal model, reportedly called Astra, solved the Navier–Stokes equations. Context: Noam said 10 days ago that Astra tried Millennium Problems and failed, though with limited compute, and OpenAI has since restarted RL on future Astra versions—so a solve, if real, could stem from that restart. The rumor remains unverified.
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