OpenAI's Bubeck says the Millennium Problem project began over rumors Anthropic had solved two

basedjensen · x · 2026-09-09

Sebastien Bubeck shares technical context: OpenAI started working on Millennium problems after viral Twitter rumors that Anthropic had resolved two of them; the teams worked independently, with significantly different proofs (differing even on forced vs unforced Euler results). Critics call the whole episode a Twitter-driven race where Anthropic missed its window.

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