Bubeck says team chased Millennium problems after viral rumors Anthropic solved two, denies scooping
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-09-09
Sebastien Bubeck publicly addressed the controversy over his team's Millennium Problem proofs overlapping with Anthropic's work, revealing that the effort was triggered by viral Twitter rumors that Anthropic had resolved two Millennium Problems — the team wanted to test whether their internal model, after recent capability gains, could match the feat. He insists they saw no part of Anthropic's work until its public release, noting the proofs differ significantly and even the precise Euler-case results differ (forced vs. unforced). His team consisted largely of mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists. Talia Ringer amplified the thread, criticizing the episode as emblematic of a "rotten AI scooping culture" — not how reasonable fields handle important problems.
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