Scientific American: three mathematicians show OpenAI's Navier-Stokes result solves the forced variant, not the core problem

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A September 21 Scientific American piece reports that OpenAI's claimed Navier-Stokes solution relies on the optional external-force term in the Clay Institute problem statement. Most mathematicians exclude that term. Diego Córdoba, Luis Martínez-Zoroa and Gonzalo Cao-Labora showed the method cannot extend to the unforced case, and Luis Silvestre of the University of Chicago said 'the most important problem is unsolved.' The article gives builders a concrete reason to read AI math claims skeptically, and it counters the 274-upvote r/ChatGPT 'Millennium problem' post.