EventScienceSeptember 9, 2026

OpenAI says unreleased model solved Navier-Stokes, sparking credit dispute

OpenAI announced its agents resolved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems carrying a $1,000,000 prize since 2000. NYU's Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic's Levent Alpöge say OpenAI built on their AI-assisted work after hearing of their Aug 15 breakthrough; OpenAI denies the accusations.

People · Tristan Buckmaster, Levent Alpöge, Sébastien Bubeck

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