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Clément Canonne
@ccanonne.github.io

"The proof [...] was obtained in a conversation with ChatGPT-6 Astra on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 1:02 AM PDT. We then prepared this manuscript for public release, with the intent of uploading it on the morning of Thursday, September 17, 2026" Shameless, and shameful. arxiv.org/abs/2609.207...

arxiv.orgThe Strong Secretary Conjecture is True for Linear MatroidsWe prove a $1/e$ guarantee for the matroid secretary problem on linear matroids, therefore settling the strong secretary conjecture in this class of matroids. The result holds both when the matroid is...
Clément Canonne
@ccanonne.github.io

Third paper on ≈the same open question within days: this one is the third. The authors blatantly acknowledge their whole plan was to get and dump a ChatGPT proof on arXiv in ONE day to claim a result, and complain about being "scooped" by another group WHICH DID THE SAME THING Do you feel no shame?

Pierre Alquier
@pierrealquier.bsky.social

Indeed, what I wrote was not accurate. We could maybe make AIs pretend they want things and act as if they wanted these things, but they will never make the mistake to believe they actually want these things. This is the only humain trait they cannot mimic.