Ex-DeepMind researcher laments missing every paper: AlphaProof, Gemini, and no IMO report
BlackHC · x · 2026-10-20
A former Google DeepMind researcher says he missed every paper opportunity: he joined AlphaProof too late and his project didn't make the paper, joined Gemini too late, and the team never published a tech report for versions after 2.5 — not even for the IMO gold-medal result. The post offers a rare insider glimpse into how frontier labs increasingly skip publications, leaving researchers little room to get authorship.
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