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OpenAI's millennium proof dispute raises the question of whether researchers can trust AI labs

AnnouncementResearchSep 9, 2026

OpenAI has acknowledged it directed resources at the Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem after hearing rumors that Anthropic's models had solved it, and says it cannot rule out that data from researchers' product usage helped improve its models. Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI of academic malpractice; Sam Altman and Sébastien Bubeck deny plagiarism. Levent Alpöge disputes Altman's account. Terence Tao warns the incident could damage open science.

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