Didn’t OpenAI get caught bribing their way to pre-tournament access of the questions?

This is the first time I hear about this. (It's certainly possible, but I'd need to see some evidence or at least a write-up.)

OpenAI got flamed over announcing their results before the embargo was up:

IMO had asked companies to wait at least a week or so after the human winners were announced to announce the AI results. OpenAI did not wait.