The prize is what, a million dollars?
replyOpenAI doesn't need a million dollars.
You’re right, they need way, way more than that
replyShould buy them about 1/3 of a GB200 server rack, good thing they scooped it.
replyThey definitely need a trillion dollars though, and a million is some of that
reply>Does OpenAI have a policy of not claiming math prizes like this
replyWouldn't be surprising if they did. The prize money isn't worth the almost certainly negative PR.
I don't see how it would be negative PR. If anything, the love these breakthroughs and use it in their PR campaigns.
replyThey don't need to collect the monetary prize to announce the result and use it for marketing.
replyOn the other hand, trying to collect the prize would probably not go uncontested.
Let's see what happens. In contrast to this whirlwind of math that's going on right now, the millennium prize rules require publishing in a reputable journal and 2 years of waiting time to establish that the proof has been accepted by the community. So nothing happens in the short term.
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