VC Gautam Kamath calls out AI researchers hiding big-lab affiliations: 'Just disclose it'
thegautamkamath · x · 2026-11-14
A CoI debate in AI academia: @ketd47 complained that many researchers don't declare their big-lab affiliations on their own websites, so you only find out via word of mouth or Twitter drama. VC GP Gautam Kamath quoted and added that researchers are terrible gossips so news spreads anyway, hiding affiliations looks bad—especially when claiming to represent academia—and the fix is simple: just disclose it.
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