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

OpenAI researcher allegedly pressures mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author. The claim comes after mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says an OpenAI employee threatened him when he refused to remove co-author from a paper on Navier-Stokes equations. The incident highlights tensions over AI‑assisted research and potential conflicts of interest between major AI firms, raising questions about transparency and ethical conduct in AI research collaborations.

The Decoder·Sep 8, 2026

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