Only a 4-day window: timeline casts doubt on OpenAI's independent math result claim
gleech · x · 2026-09-11
gleech lays out a timeline against the "independent replication" narrative: on Aug 28 Noam Brown said OpenAI hadn't tried much yet; by Sep 2, Levent heard OpenAI knew of the breakthrough — leaving 4 days for OpenAI to have "by coincidence blasted the token cannon in the right direction". He adds that unless you deny math's nonscooping norm exists or should exist, the scooping concern stands.
Related event: OpenAI's Millennium Prize Proof Mired in Attribution and Scooping Disputes(4 posts)→
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