Navier-Stokes Feud: Researchers Accuse OpenAI of Stealing Methods and Pressuring Authorship
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-09
- Levent (Anthropic) and Tristan made major independent progress on Navier-Stokes with Claude and Codex; days later OpenAI claimed internal NS results using the same novel methods.
- Tristan asked whether OpenAI trained on their private Codex sessions and says he never got an answer.
- He alleges OpenAI pressured him to publish without Levent and threatened his career when he refused, fueling lab-vs-mathematician criticism.
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