David Krueger pushes back on Zvi: OpenAI's finding wasn't novel research
DavidSKrueger · x · 2026-10-01
Cambridge professor David Krueger responds to Zvi's mea culpa over the viral OpenAI controversy, standing by his criticism: the original tweet was misleading and unlinked; Zvi hasn't clarified how Yang's account differed from OpenAI's; and — the core dispute — Zvi called OpenAI's exploration "good research," while Krueger argues prior work already showed it could be done, making it poorly motivated and badly framed research.
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