---
format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1"
id: "62d9d8572d5c7fcbc33f44e5bef838a19a22751aecd73f5854b498409fe85ffa"
canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/62d9d857?lang=en"
title: "OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem"
lang: "en"
requested_lang: "en"
available_langs: ["en","vi"]
translation_fallback: null
fallback_fields: []
published_at: "2026-09-08T19:47:13.000Z"
category: "Research"
topics: ["openai","math"]
source_urls: ["https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615926"]
summary: "There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem."
---

# OpenAI fought dirty on career\-making math problem

> [Open the canonical story](<https://aidr.today/62d9d857?lang=en>)

**Published:** 2026-09-08T19:47:13.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** openai, math

## Summary

There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier\-Stokes existence and smoothness problem\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615926>)