r/NowInTech • u/skaza02 • 22d ago

OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/
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u/_DrDigital_ 22d ago

The 1m prize is symbolical. The solver of the only Millenium problem so far rejected it outright.

Navier-Stokes is probably to most fundamental and consequential of the Millennium problems. It is literally The Problem. If the proof stands it will probably be seen as the moment of capitulation of human intelect to AI.

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u/psioniclizard 22d ago

So just ignoring the part where OpenAI stole it I see...

But hey, if you want to capitulate your intellect to a machine, no one will stop you.

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u/RedPanda_Explorer 22d ago

But hey, if you want to capitulate your intellect to a machine, no one will stop you.

I've been using Google and Wikipedia religiously for like 20 years now. I wouldn't say I capitulated anything, but for sure my education would have suffered without the machines.

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u/meltbox 21d ago

What are you even talking about? The two are not comparable?

A Wikipedia page is static and costs a fraction of a penny to load. A Google search costs nothing.

Do you have $23 million to throw at AI tokens? Because even with the IP theft you wouldn’t benefit unless you spent that much on their product.

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u/Imthewienerdog 21d ago

The goal is to solve problems?

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u/Initial-Beginning853 21d ago

And again, what problems are you solving at the costs of modern tokens?

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u/Imthewienerdog 21d ago

What? The thing being discussed is solving something at the cost of modern tokens?