OpenAI claims to have solved the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes math problem in 88 hours
OpenAI says 10,000 of its agents solved the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hours, but one mathematician has challenged the claim.
TL;DR
- OpenAI claims to have solved the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes mathematics problem in 88 hours using 10,000 AI agents.
- The Navier-Stokes problem is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, with a $1 million prize for its solution.
- A mathematician, Tristan Buckmaster, has questioned OpenAI's claim, suggesting their solution route was similar to his and a colleague's ongoing work.
- OpenAI stated their effort began after hearing a rumor about progress on the puzzle and that they did not access user data for the solution, though they cannot rule out de-identified data improving their models.
- The Clay Mathematics Institute has not yet commented on OpenAI's proposed solution.