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# SKANDAL WOKÓŁ OPENAI I PROBLEMU MILENIJNEGO. DRAGAN: SPRAWA WYGLĄDA BRUDNO

Kanał Zero, 9 September 2026, YouTube. 473,788 views as of 19 October 2026.
Kind: Interview. Language: Polish.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl78TVQvCUs

## Why it is here

Polish: physicist Prof. Andrzej Dragan (University of Warsaw) on OpenAI's claim that an internal model and ~10,000 agents solved Navier–Stokes, and the authorship dispute: whether mathematicians' ideas fed into Codex helped the model that then beat them ("the case looks dirty"). ~474k views; missed for six weeks.

## Description (written by Gemini from the video)

**Summary**  
In this commentary and interview segment for Polish news channel Kanał Zero, host Kuba Szymczuk reports on the controversy surrounding OpenAI's claimed proof of finite-time blow-up for the Navier–Stokes equations using its unreleased Astra model. Theoretical physicist and popularizer Prof. Andrzej Dragan joins by phone to analyze whether OpenAI inappropriately leveraged the work of mathematicians using Codex, the reality of human–AI scientific "symbiosis," and the future of research as AI systems outpace human reasoning.

**What is shown**  
- **[00:10, 02:27, 03:40]** 3D visualization of coherent fluid vortices and axial stretching illustrating Navier–Stokes and Euler equation singularities (credited to *MATH&PHYS ANIMATIONS*).  
- **[03:16]** Photo of NYU mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alongside excerpts from his public statement detailing his work with Levent Alpoge (Anthropic).  
- **[03:40, 04:40]** On-screen excerpts of Buckmaster's statement recounting timeline discrepancies with OpenAI prompts and an alleged threat regarding his career if he went public.  
- **[03:49]** Headline screenshot of OpenAI's announcement: *"On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem"*.  
- **[05:10 – 19:25]** Phone conversation graphic showing an animated audio waveform alongside portrait art of Prof. Andrzej Dragan.  
- **[21:10]** Screenshot of an X/Twitter post by former OpenAI/Anthropic pre-training researcher Jacob Coxon announcing his resignation from Anthropic and warning of reckless superintelligence races.

**Claims & numbers**  
- Szymczuk states that the Clay Mathematics Institute offers a $1,000,000 bounty for solving the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness Millennium Prize problem ([03:08]).  
- Szymczuk notes that Tristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpoge worked for a year on Euler equations using Claude and OpenAI's Codex ([03:22]).  
- Szymczuk states OpenAI deployed an unreleased model and approximately 10,000 agents, announcing a full Navier–Stokes blowup proof after 88 hours of computation ([03:59]).  
- Dragan mentions OpenAI reportedly spent around $15 million in compute power to formalize and complete the Navier–Stokes proof via their agentic system ([07:29]).  
- Dragan explains that Navier–Stokes equations describe viscous fluid flow, whereas Euler equations are a simplified model describing inviscid fluids ("dry water") ([06:20]).  
- Dragan notes that in chess, engines starting around Stockfish 16 have transitioned to neural-network-dominated architectures that consistently defeat human world champions ([14:55]).  
- Dragan claims that top Go players plateaued for centuries until AlphaGo's emergence in 2016, after which human play measurably improved by learning from AI play ([16:09]).

**Notable quotes**  
- **[10:23]** Andrzej Dragan: *"W każdym wariancie, nawet najbardziej korzystnym dla OpenAI, sprawa wygląda na brudną."* ("In every variant, even the most favorable for OpenAI, the matter looks dirty.")  
- **[11:27]** Andrzej Dragan: *"Zasadniczo, jeżeli coś jest za darmo, to znaczy, że to ty jesteś w menu i to ty jesteś produktem."* ("Basically, if something is free, it means that you are on the menu and you are the product.")  
- **[19:37]** Kuba Szymczuk: *"Ludzie dostarczyli przełomowe idee, a systemy agentowe dały bezprecedensową do tej pory skalę."* ("Humans delivered groundbreaking ideas, and agentic systems provided scale unprecedented until now.")

**Assessment**  
This is an independent news commentary and interview segment rather than a technical demonstration or official product launch. The video relies on secondary screenshots, scientific visualizations, and expert phone commentary to discuss allegations of data misappropriation and the implications of OpenAI's Navier–Stokes proof claim.

_Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-19 from the video's audio and frames._

## Related

- 2026-09-08: [OpenAI claims a Millennium Prize problem](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-08-openai-navier-stokes-blowup/)

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- 2026-10-01: [Did AI Solve One of Math’s Hardest Problems?](https://postcutoff.com/v/startalk-did-ai-solve-one-of-maths-hardest-problems/), StarTalk, YouTube, review, 7,740,113 views as of 15 October 2026.
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- 2026-09-09: [The controversy around OpenAI "solving" a $1m math problem (Navier-Stokes)](https://postcutoff.com/v/physics-by-oimeow-controversy-openai-navier-stokes/), Physics by Oimeow, YouTube, review, 2,613,114 views as of 12 October 2026.
- 2026-09-09: [AI Solved a Millennium Problem and Everyone's Angry](https://postcutoff.com/v/sabine-ai-solved-millennium-problem-everyones-angry/), Sabine Hossenfelder, YouTube, review, 1,616,209 views as of 9 October 2026.

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## People in it

- [Jacob Coxon](https://postcutoff.com/person/jacob-coxon/), Former Anthropic pretraining researcher (resigned Sept 2026)
- [Levent Alpöge](https://postcutoff.com/person/levent-alpoge/), Mathematician, member of technical staff, Anthropic