OpenAI's Math Breakthrough Marred by Controversy, Australia Takes On the Algorithm

OpenAI says an unreleased AI model has produced a proposed solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem in just 88 hours, using roughly 10,000 AI agents. But the achievement is already marred by controversy. NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI may have learned that he and Anthropic researcher Levent Alpöge were making progress on related unpublished work. The pair had also used OpenAI's Codex in their research. OpenAI says neither its researchers nor its AI agents accessed their unpublished work or specific customer data, although it says it cannot completely rule out previous influence from de-identified data used to improve its models. Jim Love also looks at Australia's proposed "My Feed, My Way" legislation, which would let users over 16 choose between algorithmic recommendations and a feed consisting only of accounts they follow. OpenAI also releases ChatGPT Images 2.5, including faster image generation, more precise editing and a new Sketch feature that moves image creation from elaborate prompting toward something closer to drawing an idea on the back of a napkin. And Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent with paid subscription tiers. After years of enormous spending on the metaverse, smart glasses and AI infrastructure, could Mark Zuckerberg finally have found another meaningful source of revenue beyond advertising? Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, September 9, 2026, with Jim Love. 00:00 Today's Headlines 00:31 OpenAI's Navier–Stokes Breakthrough 01:33 The Data Use Controversy 03:06 OpenAI's Defense and 88-Hour Timeline 05:20 Australia Makes the Algorithm Optional 07:00 ChatGPT Images 2.5 07:34 From Prompt Engineering to Sketching 09:08 Zuckerberg's Spending Problem 10:55 Meta's Muse Personal AI Agent 12:33 Wrap Up For the thumbnail, I'd use **"OpenAI Math Controversy"** or **"Did OpenAI Play Fair?"** The first is more factual and matches the actual story better.