Challenged the characterization
“I never ever asked for Levent to be removed from authorship of his own work”
Says the offer concerned OpenAI's proof and disputes the account of coercion.
- Speaker
- Sébastien Bubeck
- Capacity
- OpenAI participant giving his firsthand account
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Tristan Buckmaster
- Classification rationale
- Direct counter-characterization, with a limited apology rather than a withdrawal of his defense.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Responds to Buckmaster's published account.
After the quotation
Apologizes for the career wording and says he retracted it immediately; maintains that he intended to help, not threaten.
Evidence
Complete source record
Bubeck's full numbered response on authorship, the calls and technical process (opens in a new tab)
Includes authorship context, apology for career wording and continued rejection of the allegations. Technical follow-up is included in the captured thread.