Quoting Sam Altman
Summary
Sam Altman's 2022 email reveals OpenAI considered releasing a GPT-3 level model for local consumer hardware to discourage competitors.
View Cached Full Text
Cached at: 07/20/26, 09:37 AM
Similar Articles
@omarsar0: Great to see the new GPT-5.6 models finally announced. Sad to see this new release strategy where only a select few get…
OpenAI announces limited preview of GPT-5.6 models (Sol, Terra, Luna), but a tweet criticizes the exclusive release strategy and calls for open-source AI to win.
OpenAI says 80–90% of research is aimed at GPT-7, GPT-8 and beyond, then distilled into cheap small models
OpenAI reveals that 80–90% of their research focuses on future models like GPT-7 and GPT-8, which are then distilled into smaller, cheaper models for widespread use.
@antirez: OpenAI may delay GPT6 (or even 5.6) before making sure could not be blocked like Fable. Or they could play it smart, pu…
Salvatore Sanfilippo speculates that OpenAI might delay GPT-6 (or 5.6) to avoid being blocked like the Fable incident, suggesting they could selectively publish benchmarks and release a censored model for cybersecurity.
If GPT-5.6 gets government-approved access first, open weights are not optional anymore
The US government has asked OpenAI to limit the initial release of GPT-5.6 to a small set of government-approved partners, raising concerns about creating a permissioned club for frontier AI access. This policy may push developers toward open-weight models and potentially hand the developer ecosystem to Chinese labs.
@Miles_Brundage: Today in "totally voluntary, not a licensing regime":
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns, with CEO Sam Altman telling staff that the government will approve access customer by customer.