OpenAI tells NYT it made 'substantial progress' on a Millennium Prize problem amid Hodge Conjecture rumors
thesaraharminta · x · 2026-09-11
OpenAI has confirmed to the New York Times that it made "substantial progress" on another Millennium Prize problem in the past five days and is preparing an announcement.
- 48-hour rumors claim OpenAI solved the Hodge Conjecture; Anthropic is rumored to have solved Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer
- The OpenAI statement lends serious support to the Hodge rumors, despite earlier noise around Navier-Stokes
- A new unnamed OpenAI model (finished training two weeks ago, possibly named "Aeon") is reportedly massively better at math than its predecessor "Astra"
- Quoting poster mocks the pace: "all Millennium Problems solved by New Year?"
All claims remain unconfirmed pending official announcement.
Related event: Rumors: OpenAI Nears Hodge Conjecture Verification, Races Anthropic on BSD(19 posts)→
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