OpenAI Says Its New Model Cracked the Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem in 88 Hours

nordicinst · x · 2026-09-09

Per the New York Times, OpenAI claims an unreleased model solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem — one of math's Millennium Problems — in about 88 hours. Researcher Sébastien Bubeck called it the spectacular culmination of a year-long arc of AI math breakthroughs, in the most dramatic sign yet that AI is transforming higher mathematics.

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