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NYU mathematician accuses OpenAI of unethical AI use in Millennium Prize problem race

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A New York University mathematician, Tristan Buckmaster, has accused OpenAI of unethical behavior in their pursuit of a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the Millennium Prize Problems. Buckmaster and his collaborator, Levent Alpöge from Anthropic, claim that OpenAI was tipped off about their progress and then used extensive computing resources to solve the problem first, potentially after learning Buckmaster and Alpöge's specific approach. OpenAI's head of mathematical research, Sebastian Bubeck, has denied these accusations, calling them false and inflammatory, though a more detailed statement is expected. AI

IMPACT Accusations of unethical AI use in research could impact trust and collaboration between AI labs and academic institutions.

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NYU mathematician accuses OpenAI of unethical AI use in Millennium Prize problem race

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Russell Brandom ·

    OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician

    There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-sa

    OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/ # AI # OpenAI # TechNews

    LINKS techcrunch.com/…/openai-fought-dirty-on-c…

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