The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem (Gift Article)

Remember when OpenAI boasted their new model Astra solved an old unsolvable mathematical problem? Turns out it was only able to do so because it stole research that real people were already doing for a while. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

more millennium prize problems will fall soon www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Shadier and Shadier. You know what, Open AI? You list all of the co-authors even if one of the co-authors works at another company, or even shadier, you rely on the preexisting work of two additional scholars, www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s....

Mathematicians should definitely read the last paragraph of this story. (I'll say I think the rest of my story is pretty good, too.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

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Can we now forget Buckmaster's claims? "On Wednesday evening, in response to questions from The Times, OpenAI said in a statement that it was “categorically” impossible for its A.I. system to have been influenced by anything Dr. Buckmaster had done in the past two months."

I just saw that OAI now do outright deny that the model could have been trained on Buckmaster’s chats www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

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More insightful: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s... 1. It cost an estimated $15 million for Open AI to solve this problem. Two mathematicians (with help from others) were also able to solve it, most probably for a lot less, although they did use AI tools. (Who doesn't, these days?) #navier-stokes #AI

now in nyt. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

AI may solve two Millennium Prize Problems in a week: Navier-Stokes, and the rumor for the second is the Hodge conjecture. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a third very soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Theft of intellectual property. If you use AI, the systems will add your prompts and ideas into their training material. If you store info on the web, it’s being added into training material. In OpenAI vs. Anthropic, an N.Y.U. Mathematician Comes Out Bruised www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

- 이번 사태는 거대 빅테크의 공격적인 패권 경쟁이 전통적인 학계의 동료적 협력 문화를 짓밟고, 순수 학문 영역에서조차 인간이 AI의 보조자로 전락할 수 있다는 학계의 깊은 공포와 위기감을 드러냈음 The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

‘Dr. Buckmaster said he was worried about what would happen next. “To go against a trillion-dollar company is super scary and frightening,” he said. “We are all scared of OpenAI.”’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Gift article: An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

Good Will Hunting x Goodfellas in this exchange over a math problem: “Frustrated, Dr. Buckmaster said he might take the dispute public. He said Dr. Bubeck of OpenAI replied, ‘Why would you ruin your career?’”

- 이번 사태는 거대 빅테크의 공격적인 패권 경쟁이 전통적인 학계의 동료적 협력 문화를 짓밟고, 순수 학문 영역에서조차 인간이 AI의 보조자로 전락할 수 있다는 학계의 깊은 공포와 위기감을 드러냈음 The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

A Beautiful Nevermind... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

A mathematician was torn between OpenAI and Anthropic over a challenging math problem. #math #openai #anthropic #news #ema #technology #ai #artificialintelligence

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This article, they say it was "categorically" impossible. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

reposting with gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

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An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Super interesting math story. An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s.... In others words, OpenAI stole this nan’s work it found online and used it to build its solution. Who would do that? Sh*thead, punk mentality.

Took NYT a minute but here we are An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Interview with mathematician Tristan Buckmaster on being drawn into the OpenAI-Anthropic fight; OpenAI says it made progress on another Millennium Prize problem (Kenneth Chang/New York Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

"We can say categorically that it is impossible for Dr. Buckmaster’s Codex prompts over the last two months to have influenced the system in any way, including training." — OpenAI spokesman in a statement www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

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Tristan lives two doors down from me. I showed this article to our mailroom attendant, and she said, wide-eyed, "So he's famous?" and, well . . . kind of? What is fame anyway, really?

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An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof (Gift Article) Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

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“Dr. Buckmaster posted 3 papers on the internet describing the results he & Dr. Alpöge had completed. He also posted an 1,870-word treatise describing the history of the research & apologizing that he had not had time to polish the manuscripts up to his usual standards.

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An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s... #academicsky

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“Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s... @nytimes.com

we have made substantial progress on another Millennium Prize problem." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/science/tristan-buckmaster-openai-math-navier-stokes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AFE.TK7P.Y7WvGPkfHaSk&smid=url-share

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In its Wednesday night statement, OpenAI said: “In addition, since the completion of Navier-Stokes, we have made substantial progress on another Millennium Prize problem. We are working through how to share these results thoughtfully.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

Sure seems like OpenAI owes him and his Anthropic co-author at least $750k of that million dollars…. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

An N.Y.U. Mathematician Clashed With OpenAI Over a $1 Million Proof www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...

No push for this :(

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s... Sounds about right

OpenAI shares they have made substantial progress on another Millennium problem comments · posted on 2026.09.10 at 12:32:20 (c=3, p=7)

OpenAI shares they have made substantial progress on another Millennium problem Discussion

[NYT] THE MATHEMATICIAN CRUSHED BETWEEN OPENAI AND ANTHROPIC OVER A MATH PROBLEM