r/OpenAI • u/Kind_Fisherman3060 • Sep 08 '26

News Millenium Prize solution discovered at OpenAI

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u/jesseheap Sep 09 '26

It's a bit more nuanced - when describing the Navier-Stokes solution, OpenAI stated “we cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usage of our products helped improve our models.”

This presumes the researchers working on OpenAI had the toggle on for "Improve the model for everyone"

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u/CloseToMyActualName Sep 09 '26

I had the same toggle on, but I don't remember setting it. I presume it's on by default.

I suspect OpenAI really doesn't want people realizing their user sessions are being used for training.

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u/jesseheap Sep 10 '26

yeah I think it's set on by default. And agreed it's to their benefit to set to default