Sébastien Bubeck

AI researcher at OpenAI and former vice president of AI and distinguished scientist at Microsoft.

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AI Research, Scientific Credit and Integrity2 sourced eventsDates: September 8, 2026

Recent statements

September 8, 2026Challenged the characterization

Addressed record

Alpöge says his exclusion appeared to be a settled condition of the proposed collaboration.

“nothing at all was locked”

Speaker capacity: OpenAI participant replying directly to Alpöge
Editorial rationale: Direct denial of the characterization that the outcome was predetermined.

Bubeck directly disputes Alpöge's account of closed negotiations (opens in a new tab)

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September 8, 2026Challenged the characterization

Addressed record

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”

Speaker capacity: OpenAI participant giving his firsthand account
Editorial rationale: Direct counter-characterization, with a limited apology rather than a withdrawal of his defense.

Bubeck's full numbered response on authorship, the calls and technical process (opens in a new tab)

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Did OpenAI improperly pressure mathematicians over authorship and credit?

Tristan Buckmaster describes pressure over authorship and publication during discussions about competing AI-assisted mathematics results. Sébastien Bubeck disputes that characterization and says the proposed authorship concerned OpenAI's own proof. His apology for career-related wording does not settle the disagreement. Researchers and commentators divide over whether the negotiations were appropriate, while raising a separate dispute about the treatment of unpublished user research.