Sebastien Bubeck responds to Navier-Stokes proof controversy: never asked to strip authorship
jachiam0 · x · 2026-09-09
The OpenAI/Anthropic controversy over the Navier-Stokes proof is escalating. Noam Brown first clarified that the model involved is a major step beyond today's LLMs, so nobody should credit specific prompts. Sebastien Bubeck then posted a detailed clarification:
- The leaked screenshot was his private message to Anthropic researcher Levent to coordinate releases, made in good faith
- He never asked for Levent to be removed from authorship of his own work
- On a call with Tristan he learned the team had only solved Euler, not Navier-Stokes; they then brainstormed paths forward, including Tristan leading a rewrite of OpenAI's proof — the context in which he remarked it "would be simpler if Levent was not an Anthropic employee"
The episode highlights the competitive-yet-coordinated dynamics between frontier labs over major results.
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