Condemned
“i actually woulda been pumped to collaborate on this”
Says he welcomed collaboration but understood the overheard conversation to make his exclusion a settled condition.
- Speaker
- Levent Alpöge
- Capacity
- Collaborator who says he overheard the hallway conversation, not a participant in the calls
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- OpenAI, Sébastien Bubeck
- Classification rationale
- Criticizes the terms while affirming support for inter-lab scientific collaboration.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Responds after the company's announcement and Bubeck's clarification.
After the quotation
Bubeck directly replies that nothing was settled and further discussion remained possible.
Evidence
Complete source record
Alpöge describes his willingness to collaborate and what he heard (opens in a new tab)
He says he overheard a loud conversation in the hallway, rather than participating in the calls; he criticizes exclusion while expressing support for collaboration.
Bubeck directly disputes Alpöge's account of closed negotiations (opens in a new tab)
Direct reply to Alpöge; says negotiations remained open and further discussions were possible.