OpenAI Says Its Model Solved Over 100 Open Math Problems Including Navier-Stokes
Summary
OpenAI says an AI model trained starting August 28 solved more than 100 open math problems, including the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, with plans to post solutions on GitHub. Mathematicians criticize the publication approach. NYU's Tristan Buckmaster accuses the company of front-running his unpublished work with Levent Alpöge, which researcher Sébastien Bubeck denies.
Key Points
- OpenAI plans to release more than 100 solutions to long-standing unsolved math problems on GitHub on Tuesday, and mathematicians tell WIRED the company is ignoring their advice on publication.
- OpenAI spokesperson Lindsay McCallum says a model that began training on August 28 resolved over 100 open problems plus the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, drawing on advice from an Institute for Advanced Study advisory group.
- NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster accuses OpenAI of front-running his unpublished work with Anthropic employee Levent Alpöge on a Millennium Prize problem; researcher Sébastien Bubeck denies asking that Alpöge be excluded as an author.