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    The Verge AIThursday, September 10, 2026 3 min read
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    Drama swirls around OpenAI’s legendary mathematical milestone

    OpenAI announced it solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems each worth $1 million, using an internal AI model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra running 10,000 concurrent agents. Training on the model began A…

    Key takeaways
    • 01Training on the model began August 28.
    • 02The announcement is contested by NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge, who published findings on a related problem one day prior and allege OpenAI may have used their Codex session data — where they stored all working drafts — to reach the solution.
    • 03Buckmaster has formally raised concerns about whether OpenAI accessed their proprietary research inputs through its own platform.
    In brief · from theverge.com

    OpenAI announced it solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems each worth $1 million, using an internal AI model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra running 10,000 concurrent agents. Training on the model began August 28. The announcement is contested by NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge, who published findings on a related problem one day prior and allege OpenAI may have used their Codex session data — where they stored all working drafts — to reach the solution.

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    OpenAI announced it solved the Navier-Stokes problem, one of seven Millennium Prize Problems each worth $1 million, using an internal AI model more powerful than GPT-6 Astra running 10,000 concurrent agents. Training on the model began August 28. The announcement is contested by NYU professor Tristan Buckmaster and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge, who published findings on a related problem one day prior and allege OpenAI may have used their Codex session data — where they stored all working drafts — to reach the solution. Buckmaster has formally raised concerns about whether OpenAI accessed their proprietary research inputs through its own platform.

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