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On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

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OpenAI says an unreleased model produced a claimed solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, disputed by an NYU mathematician.

OpenAI used an unreleased model to produce a claimed solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems carrying a $1,000,000 prize since May 24, 2000. The result is contested: NYU mathematics professor Tristan Buckmaster accused collaborators of skulduggery and rushed out his own competing results with mathematician Levent Alpoge, who works at Anthropic. The dispute is documented in a published PDF describing the competing claims.

Key facts
  • OpenAI used an unreleased model to produce a claimed solution to the Navier-Stokes smoothness problem
  • Navier-Stokes is one of seven Millennium Prize Problems with a $1,000,000 prize since 2000
  • NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster accused collaborators of skulduggery and published his own competing results
  • Co-collaborator Levent Alpoge, an accomplished mathematician, currently works at Anthropic
  • The competing claims are described in a hastily published PDF
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On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem Impressive result from OpenAI, who used an unreleased model to produce a solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem , one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems that have been subject to a $1,000,000 prize since May 24th, 2000.

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