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divide over whether the negotiations were appropriate, while raising a separate dispute about the treatment of unpublished user research.
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OpenAI improperly pressured the researchers over authorship and publication of the mathematical results.
“acted with integrity and generosity throughout”
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OpenAI leader who says he spent the weekend speaking with the team
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Explicit interested defense of the company's intentions and actions.
