Report: OpenAI allegedly threatened NYU mathematician who declined co-authorship on Navier-Stokes solution
PsychicorAI · reddit · 2026-09-09
A Reddit post claims OpenAI offered co-authorship to NYU tenured professor Tristan Buckmaster, who had worked on the Navier-Stokes problem for over a year, and allegedly asked him "why he wanted to ruin his career" after he declined. The poster says a verified transcript of Buckmaster's statement exists. The claim ties into OpenAI's recent announcement of a Navier-Stokes resolution and remains unverified.
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