Terence Tao says OpenAI went 'code red' to beat Anthropic on Navier-Stokes, pausing $200 Pro signups
Hesamation · x · 2026-10-26
In an Observer interview, mathematician Terence Tao claims OpenAI declared an internal "code red" amid rumors Anthropic was close to solving a Millennium Prize Problem: his contacts say OpenAI poured tens of millions of dollars into a 10,000-agent swarm attacking Navier-Stokes and even suspended new $200 Pro signups to redirect flagship compute to the problem. OpenAI rejected both claims. Tao also notes the timeline is odd — OpenAI published results Sep 8 and paused signups Sep 10, two days later — and argues AI firms treat career-defining problems as mere training material, turning beautiful math into "toxic waste."
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