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A former DeepMind director bets $10,000 on solving Navier-Stokes

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Former DeepMind director David Budden wagered $10,000 that he will solve the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem by year end, betting chaos is a compute shortage.

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Reporting date: 2025-12-21 (not necessarily the event date)

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A former DeepMind director bets $10,000 on solving Navier-Stokes
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Reporting date: 2025-12-21
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Claim: Former DeepMind director David Budden wagered $10,000 that he will solve the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem by year end, betting chaos is a compute shortage.
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