Anthropic Millennium Prize Rumor Sparks Drama as OpenAI Runs $M Week-Long Sprint to Verify
willdepue · x · 2026-09-09
A wild AI-industry drama: Anthropic employees allegedly started (or let spread) a rumor they'd cracked a Millennium Prize problem, widely presumed to be Navier-Stokes, without actually doing so. OpenAI heard the rumor and spent millions on a week-long sprint with internal models, found Anthropic hadn't gotten there, and then offered co-authorship to the external academic involved. Critics say OpenAI tried to scoop unknown authors; supporters ask what there is to complain about.
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