AI researcher at OpenAI and former vice president of AI and distinguished scientist at Microsoft.
DI has documented statements by Sébastien Bubeck on Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Research. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
Statement dates: September 8, 2026
Role at the time: OpenAI participant replying directly to Alpöge
Response to this claim
Alpöge says his exclusion appeared to be a settled condition of the proposed collaboration.
“nothing at all was locked”
Direct denial of the characterization that the outcome was predetermined.
Role at the time: OpenAI participant giving his firsthand account
Response to this claim
Bubeck says the disputed authorship proposal concerned a rewrite of OpenAI's proof, not removing Alpöge from his own work.
“I never ever asked for Levent to be removed from authorship of his own work”
Direct counter-characterization, with a limited apology rather than a withdrawal of his defense.
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Relationship to this case: Participant
Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI pressured him over authorship and publication; Sebastien Bubeck disputes his account. Read their statements and the timeline of competing mathematics work, including what remains disputed.
