Thomas Wolf

AI researcher, co-founder and chief science officer of Hugging Face, working on open-source AI and scientific research.

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AI Research, Scientific Credit and Integrity1 sourced eventDates: September 8, 2026

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September 8, 2026Condemned

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OpenAI improperly pressured the researchers over authorship and publication of the mathematical results.

“marketing games hurtful for the real scientific community”

Speaker capacity: Personal public response
Editorial rationale: Condemnation of the reported conduct, qualified by an explicit request to hear the other account.

Thomas Wolf criticizes the reported handling of researchers and asks to hear both sides (opens in a new tab)

View context Did OpenAI improperly pressure mathematicians over authorship and credit?

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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divide over whether the negotiations were appropriate, while raising a separate dispute about the treatment of unpublished user research.