The “least worst” representation of the course of events is that their researchers are just jerks, and not behaving in a manner that’s considered acceptable in the research community.
Other alleged scenarios just go downhill from there.
Get ready, bag-holders on index-tracking funds... you're about to lose your shirts.
I can't wait to see your short position that will make you rich enough to retire.
Such a satisfying quote.
Terrence Tao recently published an interesting take that zooms out from the details of the Navier Stokes drama.
Its an interesting observation he makes, because it is not dissimilar from the relatively common phenomenon of one academic lab getting scooped by another lab (usually by coincidence).
nairboon•58m ago
Statement from OpenAI: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49613262