A private math draft became a test of AI research boundaries
NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI’s Navier-Stokes effort may have followed unpublished work he developed with Anthropic’s Levent Alpöge, including drafts tested in Codex. OpenAI says its proof effort began after rumors reached the company, but the dispute leaves a sharper question: can researchers safely put unfinished work into AI tools when training, access, and attribution remain difficult to audit?