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OpenAI researcher allegedly pressured mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author from math breakthrough paper

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Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says OpenAI pressured him after his AI-assisted progress on the Navier-Stokes equations leaked. The company allegedly tried to remove his co-author because he works at Anthropic and threatened Buckmaster when he refused. OpenAI then claimed its own breakthrough usin…

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  1. 2026-09-08 17:23 · The Decoder
    OpenAI researcher allegedly pressured mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author from math breakthrough paper

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