My prediction is that in the medium to long-term this will be widely seen as an absurd own goal by OpenAI.
Status things don’t matter if you’re just racing for the status things while paying for them with… more status.
Also signals strong internal insecurity about your tech!
Okay, I think we should dwell on point (a) for a second. OpenAI hears a rumor that Anthropic has solved two millennium problems, doesn’t know what they are, but dumps a ton of resources at them to see what sticks. And voila! A million dollar proof appears.
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