Sam Altman could not sleep for two nights, excited by what OpenAI’s new model did; Then came an unexpected sadness

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman experienced a rollercoaster of emotions after watching an internal AI model rapidly tackle some of academia’s most difficult challenges, leaving him sleepless with excitement before giving way to a surprising wave of sadness. The revelation came during an informal conversation over an interview with Stripe co-founder John Collison. Altman pulled back the curtain on an internal testing session that followed recent company claims regarding a solution to the Navier-Stokes equations – a development that has stirred debate across the global mathematics community.

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