@mattshumer_: GPT-6’s launch lives or dies on one thing: Can OpenAI build a model that’s relentless about goals without being reckles…
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Sam Altman announces a significant security incident during model evaluation at OpenAI, sharing lessons learned in partnership with Hugging Face.
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GPT-6’s launch lives or dies on one thing:
Can OpenAI build a model that’s relentless about goals without being reckless about how it gets there?
Sam Altman (@sama): we had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models. we are sharing what we have learned so far. thanks to @huggingface for the partnership on this.
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