Why “OpenAI” is being discussed
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> If OpenAI is indeed using customer data to train their models to win a $1m prize, then it throws a giant IP question at the partnerships that affects multi billion dollar busi…
by noir_lord · Sep 9, 2026
Umm did you hear about the huggingface incident where they were training a model and that model started using artifactory as an internet gateway + shared wiki? Or how about the…
by thewhitetulip · Sep 9, 2026
OpenAI is on a quite offensive lately with pathbreaking discoveries.
by sidcool · Sep 9, 2026
> I then realized that most people just stick with whatever default they're provided with, and it's a lot of them. That's why Google already captured such a big part of the mark…
by TacticalCoder · Sep 9, 2026
Along the same lines, I asked ChatGPT-5.6 Sol to evaluate the feasibility of a neural network running natively on quantum computing, you can see the study here: http://…
by logicallee · Sep 9, 2026
“ The supposed solution to the Navier-Stokes problem was done with an unreleased OpenAI model that is already 2x as good at mathematics as GPT Astra, which was released mere day…
by frrt · Sep 9, 2026
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OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco. It develops proprietary generative AI models, particularly its generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) series of large language models (LLMs). Its release of ChatGPT in November 2022 has been credited with catalyzing the AI boom; as of September 2026, ChatGPT is the fifth-most-visited website globally. OpenAI also releases the GPT Image models and Codex, an AI coding agent. In March 2026, OpenAI closed a funding round with a post-money valuation of US$852 billion, making it one of the most valuable AI pure play companies in the world, rivalled only by Anthropic. Read more on Wikipedia