Bubeck reveals Twitter rumors spurred OpenAI's Navier-Stokes push, proofs differ
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-09
Sebastien Bubeck shared technical details of OpenAI's Navier-Stokes solution: the team started on Millennium problems only because viral Twitter rumors claimed Anthropic had solved two, and they wanted to test whether their internal next-gen model could match that feat. OpenAI didn't see Anthropic's work until public release the night before; the proofs differ significantly, even in the precise Euler case results (forced vs unforced). The team was largely mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists. The retweeter quips that Twitter 'hyperstitioned' the solution into existence.
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