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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed (www.bloomberg.com)
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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed::Protesters at OpenAI’s office demanded the startup cease military work. But first...

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[–] _sideffect 24 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why does everyone hold this company is such high regard? They didn't fucking do anything revolutionary that wasn't already being worked on

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

First to market.

That's it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Not really, we have FOSS LLMs that predate ChatGPT not to mention the good old /r/SubsimulatorGPT2 and AI Dungeon etc.

[–] stoly 9 points 10 months ago

This is basically old Palo Alto VC money propping things up. They don't even have to earn a profit as long as they stay in startup mode.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Hype

[–] BombOmOm 2 points 10 months ago

They didn’t fucking do anything revolutionary that wasn’t already being worked on

They did it first. I can produce light at the flick of a switch, but nobody is impressed since that shit has been done before.