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This article centers on a specific incident involving AI models (OpenAI's unreleased system and Anthropic's Claude/Codex) attempting to solve the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem. The core narrative focuses on allegations of data leakage, training contamination, and potential skulduggery between competing AI labs rather than advancing fundamental research in fluid dynamics or quantum mechanics.

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Some thoughts on the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

Simon WillisonSeptember 8, 20267 min read

On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem introduces an impressive result from OpenAI, who used an unreleased model to produce a resolution 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. The discovery is somewhat overshadowed by accusations of skulduggery from Tristan Buckmaster, an NYU mathematics professor who was collaborating on related problems with Levent Alpöge, an accomplished mathematician who currently works for Anthropic. Tristan’s complaint accompanied a hastily published version of their own results. Here’s the PDF describing what happened. The very short version is that Tristan and Levent worked on the problem for almost a year, making extensive use of Claude and Codex (mainly GPT-5.6 Sol), then had a breakthrough on August 15th.…

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