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OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)

https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/openai-gpt2-text-generating-algorithm-ai-dangerous.html

When Is Technology Too Dangerous to Release to the Public?

If recent history is any indication, trying to suppress or control the proliferation of A.I. tools may be a losing battle.

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JumpCrisscross

Had a minor conniption until I saw the year. OpenAI just struggled to close a round. And the New Yorker just published an unflattering profile of Altman [1]. So it would make sense they'd go back to the PR strategy of "stop me from shooting grandma."

[1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may...

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI, Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz write.

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onionisafruit 1d ago

I didn’t notice the year in the headline. My poor meemaw still had a few months of clarity ahead of her, but this headline stole it away from her