Defended or excused
“extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence”
Cites positive experience working with Bubeck and urges nuance and hearing the team's account.
- Speaker
- Will Depue
- Capacity
- Personal response citing prior work with Bubeck
- Observed
- September 10, 2026
- Published here
- September 10, 2026
- Targets
- Sébastien Bubeck
- Classification rationale
- A provisional defense, not a claim to have witnessed the disputed calls.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Posted before the full rebuttal.
After the quotation
Does not address the evidentiary basis of every authorship or pressure claim.
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Will Depue urges nuance and evidence before accepting allegations (opens in a new tab)
He identifies prior work with Bubeck and asks readers to hear the other account. This is narrower than an evidentiary exoneration.