OpenAI denies user data shaped Millennium Prize solution; mathematician says 'I just don't believe them'
francoisfleuret · x · 2026-09-14
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster publicly doubts OpenAI's claim that it is "categorically" impossible for two months of a mathematician's user data to have influenced its landmark solution to a Millennium Prize problem. François Fleuret, quoting the story, argues original ideas often appear in many places simultaneously because they derive from collective knowledge, so accusations of idea theft need tangible evidence.
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