Mathematicians weigh in on OpenAI's Navier-Stokes claim: only parts solved

ProfNoahGian · x · 2026-09-22

In response to OpenAI's claim about the Clay Millennium Navier-Stokes problem, the author gathered mathematicians' takes: the problem has multiple facets, and OpenAI solved some but not all of them, with OpenAI's own tweet overclaiming. The author also finds Sabine's take — that OpenAI solved the Clay problem and a human would have won the prize — essentially accurate, just missing nuance.

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