OpenAI claims Navier-Stokes breakthrough, says another Millennium Prize problem near
basedjensen · x · 2026-09-10
The New York Times reports OpenAI beat NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster to a Navier-Stokes solution within a week, spurred by rumors that Anthropic had solved Millennium Prize problems. OpenAI says it has made substantial progress on another problem; rumors point to the Hodge Conjecture and Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer possibly falling next — three Millennium Problems in a month if true.
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