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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divide over whether the negotiations were appropriate, while raising a separate dispute about the treatment of unpublished user research.
Statements All statements Condemned Defended or excused Challenged the characterization Minimized Mixed or conditional Explicitly stayed out September 9, 2026 Mixed or conditional
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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.
"exactly how was this done?" Why we used this label Concrete process demand without claiming independently to have established the disputed facts.
Our account of this statement has been corrected. 1 correction September 8, 2026 Mixed or conditional
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Bubeck says the disputed authorship proposal concerned a rewrite of OpenAI's proof, not removing Alpöge from his own work.
"The whole thing is def very messy" Why we used this label Qualified acceptance of the explanation without declaring the whole dispute resolved.
Our account of this statement has been corrected. 1 correction September 8, 2026 Mixed or conditional
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OpenAI says its researchers and agents did not access Buckmaster and Alpöge's unpublished work for the project.
"very clear legally binding statements" Why we used this label Conditional policy demand rather than a finding of misconduct in this case.
Our account of this statement has been corrected. 1 correction People with useful coverage Research scientist at OpenAI specializing in reasoning, reinforcement learning, self-play and multi-agent AI.
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Founder of CoderPad and an occasional journalist.
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