Why Sebastien Bubeck may be impatient at OpenAI: chasing a 'real big LLM breakthrough' beyond his Phi legacy
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-09-08
A community analysis of Sebastien Bubeck, former lead of Microsoft's Phi team: having built his reputation on 'slop is all you need' models that benchmaxxed to incoherence and went nowhere, he reportedly joined OpenAI hungry to coauthor a 'Real Big LLM Breakthrough' rather than be remembered as the 'Phi guy'. The author speculates the rumored Navy-Strokes project is his ideal target, and that this ambition could breed impatience. No insider info — speculation based on his public track record.
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