OpenAI claimed to have solved one of math's deepst problems, a controversy followed - CNBC TV18
OpenAI claimed to have solved one of math's deepst problems, a controversy followed - CNBC TV18
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OpenAI claimed to have solved one of math's deepest problems, a controversy followed
OpenAI claims a breakthrough in solving the Navier-Stokes problem using AI, but the solution awaits independent verification. A dispute also arose with Professor Tristan Buckmaster.
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September 9, 2026, 1:13:36 PM IST
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OpenAI has said it has made a major breakthrough in Mathematics, using a new AI model and thousands of AI agents to tackle a problem that has challenged mathematicians for decades. The company said around 10,000 AI agents worked together to produce the result in approximately 88 hours.
The Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, which concerns how fluids move, has remained unresolved for roughly 90 years.
In a blogpost, the ChatGPT-maker said, “We’re sharing a solution to the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the Millennium Prize Problems.”
We’re sharing a solution to the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, one of the deepest problems at the frontier of mathematics.
The proof was produced by a group of agents, using an OpenAI next-generation model significantly more capable than GPT-6 Astra.
The problem…
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— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
September 8, 2026
AI agents worked together to find solution
According to
, its system produced an analytical proof along with a formalisation in Lean, a programming language used for mathematical verification. The company said its result establishes that an initially smooth fluid can develop a singularity within a finite period of time.
The Navier-Stokes equations are widely used to describe fluid motion and have applications in areas such as aircraft design, weather forecasting and the study of blood flow.
Thousands of agents and billions of tokens
said it launched the effort after hearing rumours about progress on Millennium Prize prob