Challenged the characterization
“no specific user data was accessed in order to solve this problem.”
Denies accessing the researchers' work for this effort but cannot rule out de-identified usage data contributing to model improvement.
- Speaker
- OpenAI
- Capacity
- Company publication
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Tristan Buckmaster, Levent Alpöge
- Classification rationale
- Official denial with an express limitation, not a blanket statement that user interactions never affected training.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Publishes its claimed solution, formalization and project timeline.
After the quotation
Credits the other team's forced-Euler work. The mathematical validity and any effect of earlier training remain distinct questions.
Evidence
Complete source record
OpenAI's Navier–Stokes announcement and research timeline (opens in a new tab) · OpenAI
Official account links the mathematical paper and formalization, denies targeted access to the other team's work and retains a caveat about de-identified training data. DI does not independently certify the proof.