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The Fight Over OpenAI’s Math Breakthrough Is a New Kind of Scientific Arms Race

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OpenAI announced it solved the Navier-Stokes problem using an unreleased AI model more capable than GPT-6 Astra, collaborating with human researchers and 10,000 AI agents. The claim sparked controversy over the method and priority, involving mathematicians Tristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpöge, who had parallel work on a related problem and raised concerns about OpenAI's use of their data.

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