Sebastien Bubeck clarifies math release drama: he never sought to strip Levent's authorship
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-09
- Sebastien Bubeck issued clarifications on the controversy around OpenAI's math breakthrough (Euler/Navier-Stokes).
- He says the leaked screenshot shows him proactively contacting Levent to coordinate release timing, with good intentions.
- He denies ever asking for Levent to be removed from authorship, and only learned during a call with Tristan that the other team had solved Euler but not Navier-Stokes.
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