AI claims breakthrough on Navier–Stokes Millennium problem, fueling debate

OpenAI says its AI system has produced a solution to the Navier–Stokes equations—the central model of fluid motion and a Millennium Prize problem—claiming that under these equations fluids can exhibit finite-time blow-up, i.e., infinite speed in finite time. The announcement, supported by computational experiments using thousands of AI agents, has generated excitement but skepticism from other researchers who note parallel claims and emphasize that the physical interpretation remains controversial; the prize still awaits verification.