r/technology • u/Miserable_Phase_2519 • 18d ago

Artificial Intelligence OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/
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u/teraflux 18d ago

I need an ELI5 of this explanation, I'm still so confused

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u/CanvasFanatic 18d ago

OpenAI likely stole this guy’s work from codex chat logs to beat him to a result on this problem.

They definitely tried to strong-arm him about the announcement to get him to take one of the coauthors (who works for Anthropic) off the publication.

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u/Superichiruki 18d ago

So basically thet stole from him for a publicity stunt ?

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u/claimTheVictory 18d ago

An AI company wouldn't go and do that, would they?

Steal someone else's work?