{
  "id": 9080400,
  "title": "NYU mathematician accuses OpenAI of racing to solve $1M Millennium Prize problem after learning of his work",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nyu-mathematician-accuses-openai-of-racing-to-solve-1m-millennium",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-22T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "VnExpress International",
    "slug": "vnexpress-international",
    "url": "https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/education/nyu-mathematician-accuses-openai-of-racing-to-solve-1m-millennium-prize-problem-after-learning-of-his-work-5123011.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster claims OpenAI has copied his work after learning about his progress on a $1 million Millennium Prize problem related to fluid dynamics. Buckmaster and Levent Alpöge, a mathematician at Anthropic, made significant strides toward solving the Euler equations, a simplified version of the Navier-Stokes problem, which seeks to understand fluid flow. They worked on the problem for nearly a year with AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI. OpenAI, however, learned of their progress just before announcing its own solution and accused Buckmaster of jumping on a rumor about Anthropic's work. Buckmaster maintains that the solution is a personal collaboration with Alpöge and not an institutional project. OpenAI denies any involvement in Buckmaster's work and states its researchers and AI agents did not see his or Alpöge's efforts before publishing. The Clay Mathematics Institute acknowledges the solution but will take time to review it. In the wake of the controversy, 25 Fields Medal winners have warned of a growing disconnect between AI companies' goals and those of the mathematical community.",
  "summary": "OpenAI announced earlier this month that its AI had solved the Navier-Stokes problem, but a New York University mathematician says the company raced to the answer after learning of his work.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}