Researchers miss the era when model papers credited everyone, even rival labs
sachinmaya1980 · x · 2026-09-08
A researcher reminisces that old model papers used to fill pages with authors and acknowledgments, carefully crediting every contributor — even those who had left for competitor labs. Modern frontier model releases rarely do this, and the sentiment resonated with peers.
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