{"slug": "openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author", "title": "OpenAI researcher allegedly pressured mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author from math breakthrough paper", "summary": "Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster alleges that an OpenAI researcher pressured him to remove an Anthropic-affiliated co-author from a paper on the Navier-Stokes equations, threatening him when he refused, and that OpenAI subsequently claimed a breakthrough using the same solution path. Buckmaster, who had uploaded drafts to OpenAI's Codex, says OpenAI denied the model used his data but did not answer his questions about training. OpenAI denies the allegations.", "body_md": "Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster says an OpenAI researcher pressured him after information about his AI-assisted progress on the Navier-Stokes equations allegedly reached the company. The researcher tried to remove his co-author because he works at Anthropic and threatened Buckmaster when he refused, according to Buckmaster's account. OpenAI then claimed its own breakthrough using the same unusual solution path. Buckmaster had uploaded all his drafts to Codex. OpenAI told him the model didn't look up user data, but when he asked about training, he says he got no answer. OpenAI denies the allegations.\n\nThe article [OpenAI researcher allegedly pressured mathematician to drop Anthropic co-author from math breakthrough paper](https://the-decoder.com/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author-from-math-breakthrough-paper/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author-from-math-breakthrough-paper/", "published_at": "2026-09-08 17:51:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 18:19:49.480777+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Tristan Buckmaster", "OpenAI", "Anthropic", "Codex"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-researcher-allegedly-pressured-mathematician-to-drop-anthropic-co-author.jsonld"}}