OpenAI cracks 90-year-old math problem in 88 hours with 10,000 AI agents
openai solved navier-stokes equation in 88 hours using 10000 ai agents. this achievement raises questions about the role of human mathematicians in ai-assisted math research.
openai announced that its ai agents solved the navier-stokes equation, a 90-year-old open problem in mathematics, in 88 hours. the company used 10000 ai agents to tackle the challenge. this achievement marks a significant milestone in the application of ai to mathematical research. however, the announcement was overshadowed by accusations that openai failed to credit researchers whose ai-assisted work influenced its solution. this episode may mark a turning point in the history of mathematics, where ai models become essential for making progress on important problems, but solving them may demand resources available only to a few frontier ai companies.