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He was close to a huge math breakthrough. Then he got scooped by AI.

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OpenAI claims to have solved the Navier-Stokes problem, a Millennium Prize challenge, using AI agents, overshadowing efforts by mathematicians Tristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpöge. OpenAI's announcement has sparked debate over AI's role in mathematics and raised concerns about data privacy. The mathematical community questions the comprehensibility of OpenAI's solution, which has not yet been accepted by the Clay Institute of Mathematics.

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