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divide over whether the negotiations were appropriate, while raising a separate dispute about the treatment of unpublished user research.
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Woit argues AI-assisted mathematical announcements should disclose methods, prompts, training data and timing so priority and process can be examined.
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Concrete process demand without claiming independently to have established the disputed facts.
