OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades
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OpenAI claims its AI systems solved the Navier-Stokes problem, a famous unsolved mathematics puzzle that has challenged human mathematicians for nearly a century. The company used 10,000 AI systems working for 88 hours to crack this problem, which is one of seven major unsolved math questions identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute.
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Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/sep/08/openai-claims-to-have-solved-maths-problem-that-stumped-humans-for-decades
First tracked: September 8, 2026 at 08:01 PM
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