Sam Altman says OpenAI offered rivals lead on math breakthrough once Navier-Stokes gap emerged
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-09
- Sam Altman responded to the controversy over OpenAI's math milestone (solving Euler and Navier-Stokes), saying the team led by Sebastien Bubeck acted with integrity and generosity.
- He reveals OpenAI initially believed the rival team had also solved the problem and proposed a joint release; upon learning they had only solved Euler but not Navier-Stokes, OpenAI offered to let them publish first.
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