Likely solved several times over in several parts of the world.

This will happen a lot.

People assume and even predict that some collectors' pieces will be worth tons of money. People did that for centuries.

Now big corps are gonna buy up those undisclosed solutions for top dollar.

gg, well played to the people who didn't and don't need the credit.

bbng to the corps who need that to fake progress in the field and of their models. booooo! booooooo! you should be ashamed of yourselves! booooo!

PS: even nobody needs none of those "I can fuck over idiots plays. Everybody needs proper progress, research, investigations, smarter users. It's 2026. That qualitatively cheap money will only breed more cheap money and more cheap users and suppliers! Who the hell wants their neighborhood or planet to have more of the cheap stuff? What the hell happened to these peoples' brain circuits? Somebody should investigate! (maybe some tech journalists are already on it!? ...)