If one program gives off feelings, shouldn’t be the whole provider be considered suspicious?
Personally, it makes me reconsider everything connected. Is NeuroIPS’ entry bar so low or so gameable? Is OP/CG paying an icky provider? How Efficient is that?
In fact, shouldn’t there be some documentation about the expectations / results of Coefficient Giving funding Algoverse? CG’s website doesn’t return anything. Neither does Google.
The more I (try to) look into this, the worse it gets.
Regarding the “rounding error”: if I’m counting right, just in the 2025 ER NeurIPS workshop you’re listed as co-author for 10 of 223 papers; there might be more, since the Algoverse rules say it’s optional to list you as an author. That’s 4.5%, hardly a rounding error. Isn’t it awkward to agree that something is a problem that should be fixed… while turning it into a business?
Regarding the The Guardian article: I would love to know more about those reasons why it’s misleading. Thank you for offering.