OpenAI says it solved parts of the 90-year-old Navier-Stokes equations (opens in a new tab) in 88 hours, but the BBC reports the claim has quickly stirred controversy. Meanwhile, WooCommerce plans to raise its minimum PHP requirement to 8.1 (opens in a new tab) from January 2027, and Cloudflare introduced Automatic Key Exchange (opens in a new tab) for post-quantum secure origin handshakes.

Other notable developments: OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.5 (opens in a new tab) and a $5m grant programme for research into AI and teen development. Martin Fowler questioned whether presentations are always needed, and Astro shared a case study of a fast migration from Gatsby (opens in a new tab). The WordPress Performance team summarised recent work, and Social Media Examiner covered how to get AI to recommend your business.