OpenAI accused of academic malpractice in AI-generated math proof
openai faces allegations of using researcher tristan buckmaster's drafts and pressuring him in ai-generated proof of navier-stokes equations, raising questions on trust in ai labs.
researcher tristan buckmaster accuses openai of using his drafts, pressuring him, and rejecting his co-author levent alpöge, who is employed by anthropic, as an author in the ai-generated proof of navier-stokes equations. openai ceo sam altman and researcher sébastien bubeck deny the allegations but admit to training their model after hearing rumors of a possible solution. the incident raises fundamental questions about open science and the potential for tech companies to mobilize resources to overtake original research projects. mathematician terence tao warns that this could undermine the integrity of research.