OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes win sparks a trust crisis in AI mathematics
OpenAI says it used thousands of agents and massive compute to solve the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize problem, a claim mathematicians greet with unease as they worry the race for prestige by a tech giant could undermine research norms, credit, and collaboration. In interviews with Buckmaster, Andreas Thom and others, The Verge details contested decisions, potential data-use questions about training prompts, and a broader push for transparency, including Leiden Declaration support and calls for independent review as the field recalibrates its relationship with AI giants like Anthropic.