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Let’s get the Navier-Stokes story straight On September 8, OpenAI announced that its latest AI model had solved a nearly 100-year-old math problem. This problem, called the Navier-Stokes problem, has to do with fluid dynamics; mathematicians rely on a set of equations (the Navier-Stokes equations) to explain how fluids like air and water move, but aren’t sure why those equations work the way they do.

If there’s one thing the second Trump administration loves, it’s AI-generated imagery. White House-affiliated social media accounts post AI slop on a near-daily basis depicting Trump as Rocky Balboa, as a Jedi master, as the pope, you name it.