OpenAI accused of stealing math breakthrough approach

NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster announced three proofs toward solving the Navier-Stokes problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize challenges, but alleges OpenAI used leaked information about his approach to race ahead and publish a full proof first. OpenAI confirms its effort began September 1 after hearing rumors of progress, consuming $22.5 million worth of compute. Buckmaster claims OpenAI researcher Sebastien Bubeck pressured him to remove collaborator Levent Alpöge's credit and warned him not to go public, allegedly saying 'Why would you ruin your career?' OpenAI denies directly accessing Buckmaster's work, though acknowledges it cannot fully rule out model regurgitation of his Codex interactions.