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Sep 10, 2026The Next Web
OpenAI's Bubeck Denies Credit Stripping, Apologizes Amidst
OpenAI's Sébastien Bubeck denies attempting to strip Anthropic mathematician Levent Alpöge of credit for his work on the Navier-Stokes problem, apologizing for a remark made during contentious private discussions. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed Bubeck, but Alpöge and his collaborator, Tristan Buckmaster, present a conflicting account of events.
The dispute also raises questions about OpenAI's data handling policies, as the mathematicians claim to have used OpenAI's Codex tool during their research.
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