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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem
The New York Times • • business
Key Points:
- Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster and a colleague made significant progress on the Navier-Stokes equations, a longstanding Millennium Prize problem, during August.
- OpenAI, motivated by rumors that rival Anthropic had solved some Millennium Prize problems, quickly tackled the same challenges and announced it had solved the Navier-Stokes puzzle within a week.
- OpenAI's announcement sparked controversy on social media, with allegations that the company's AI might have used Buckmaster's recent work without acknowledgment.
- OpenAI denied these claims, stating it was "categorically" impossible for their AI to have been influenced by Buckmaster's recent contributions.
