The screenshot and the clarification
Bubeck didn't dispute the authenticity of the screenshot. Instead, he said it was taken out of context. The message, he explained, was about coordinating the release of the work, not about cutting Alpöge out. He said they approached the situation with the best possible intentions. The clarification comes after a brief flurry of speculation about whether OpenAI was trying to sideline a co-author.
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Why crypto is paying attention
This is a non-event for crypto markets. It has nothing to do with supply, demand, or on-chain activity. But it touches on a theme that some in the crypto world are pushing: decentralized science, or DeSci. The idea is that academic credit and attribution should be transparent and verifiable, not subject to the whims of a central institution. If a top AI lab can have murky authorship disputes, the argument goes, then the case for on-chain, immutable research provenance becomes stronger.
DeSci projects aim to put research on blockchains,
