Sebastien Bubeck clarifies math-research controversy: outreach was release coordination, not authorship grab
kimmonismus · x · 2026-09-09
Sebastien Bubeck publicly clarified the recent controversy over a fluid-dynamics research release:
- The screenshot in question shows his own outreach to Levent to coordinate release timing, which he says came with the best intentions.
- He flatly denies ever asking for Levent to be removed from the authorship of his own work.
- He adds that during a call with Tristan he learned the team had only solved Euler, not the fuller problem.
The clarification is a direct response to the dispute over OpenAI agents rediscovering the math result and the resulting credit fight, and commenters see it as clearing Bubeck of bad intent.
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