OpenAI says it cracked a maths puzzle that has eluded humans for decades in about 88 hours

Primary framing

“OpenAI says it cracked a maths puzzle that has eluded humans for decades in about 88 hours”

Navier-Stokes is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, a list of the hardest open questions in mathematics drawn up by the Clay Mathematics Institute.

Key facts

• OpenAI claims to have solved the Navier-Stokes problem
• The problem has eluded humans for decades
• It took OpenAI about 88 hours to solve the problem
• Millions of dollars in computing power were used
• The solution was achieved using an unreleased AI model
• The Navier-Stokes problem is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems
• OpenAI says it cracked a maths puzzle that has eluded humans for decades in about 88 hours, using millions of dollars in computing power.
• It took OpenAI about 88 hours to solve the problem

Center-leaning outlets

• TheJournal.ie (IE)