Millennium Prize Problems
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September 9, 2026
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OpenAI Claims 10,000-Agent System Solved Navier-Stokes Problem in 88 Hours; Mathematician Disputes Independence of Resul
OpenAI claims a system of roughly 10,000 coordinating AI agents produced a solution to the Navier-Stokes equations, one of seven unsolved Millennium Prize Problems, in 88 hours. NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster has publicly questioned whether OpenAI's approach drew on his own unpublished work with Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge.