Rumor: OpenAI Claims 'Significant Progress' on a Second $1M Millennium Prize Problem
jeremiecharris · x · 2026-09-16
Circulating reports say OpenAI has made 'significant progress' on a second $1M Millennium Prize problem, with rumors it is close to solving two more. Ex-OpenAI theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson says AI companies, burned by the hostile response to their Navier-Stokes proof, are sitting on solutions to major problems until they figure out how to release them. Unconfirmed.
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