“Bubeck told reporters that to attack the problem, OpenAI put an unprecedented amount of resources on a single task. Their model first answered a simplified version of the question in 50 hours using 1,000 AI agents. “Then we decided to go for the full Navier–Stokes, and we increased the amount of compute,” Bubeck said, putting 10,000 agents on the problem.”
OpenAI claims huge maths breakthrough on a famed ‘Millennium Problem’nature.com
ok but what did it cost. 1,000 agents for 50 hours just for the simplified version, then 10,000 on the full Navier–Stokes. agents and hours are the only units in the paragraph, no dollars, no megawatt-hours. if the proof holds up it's a real result. it's also a result about how much compute one lab can aim at a single question, which is not a method most math departments can borrow.