OpenAI

TagLast edit: Dec 30, 2024, 10:32 AM by Dakara

OpenAI is an organisation that performs AI research, and houses a substantial amount of AI alignment research. Its stated mission is “Discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence.”

Public-facing Censorship Is Safety Theater, Causing Reputational Damage

YitzSep 23, 2022, 5:08 AM

149 points

42 comments6 min readLW link

Sam Altman’s sister claims Sam sexually abused her—Part 1: Introduction, outline, author’s notes

pythagoras5015Oct 7, 2023, 9:06 PM

94 points

108 comments8 min readLW link

Developmental Stages of GPTs

orthonormalJul 26, 2020, 10:03 PM

140 points

72 comments7 min readLW link 1 review

Common misconceptions about OpenAI

Jacob_HiltonAug 25, 2022, 2:02 PM

238 points

154 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

GPT-4 Plugs In

ZviMar 27, 2023, 12:10 PM

198 points

47 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

the scaling “inconsistency”: openAI’s new insight

nostalgebraistNov 7, 2020, 7:40 AM

148 points

14 comments9 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

An OpenAI board seat is surprisingly expensive

BenquoApr 19, 2017, 9:05 AM

12 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Transcript of Sam Altman’s interview touching on AI safety

Andy_McKenzieJan 20, 2023, 4:14 PM

121 points

42 comments10 min readLW link

OpenAI makes humanity less safe

BenquoApr 3, 2017, 7:07 PM

72 points

109 comments6 min readLW link

Multimodal Neurons in Artificial Neural Networks

Kaj_SotalaMar 5, 2021, 9:01 AM

57 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(distill.pub)

OpenAI charter

wunanApr 9, 2018, 9:02 PM

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.openai.com)

[Question] Will OpenAI’s work unintentionally increase existential risks related to AI?

adamShimiAug 11, 2020, 6:16 PM

53 points

55 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI announces GPT-3

gwernMay 29, 2020, 1:49 AM

67 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

[Question] How will OpenAI + GitHub’s Copilot affect programming?

smountjoyJun 29, 2021, 4:42 PM

55 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

DALL·E 2 by OpenAI

P.Apr 6, 2022, 2:17 PM

44 points

49 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

A challenge for AGI organizations, and a challenge for readers

Rob Bensinger and Eliezer Yudkowsky

Dec 1, 2022, 11:11 PM

302 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Introducing Superalignment

berenJul 5, 2023, 6:23 PM

175 points

69 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

DALL-E by OpenAI

Daniel KokotajloJan 5, 2021, 8:05 PM

97 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

A Brief Assessment of OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework & Some Suggestions for Improvement

simeon_cJan 22, 2024, 8:08 PM

14 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

(uploads-ssl.webflow.com)

Boycott OpenAI

PeterMcCluskeyJun 18, 2024, 7:52 PM

164 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

Misnaming and Other Issues with OpenAI’s “Human Level” Superintelligence Hierarchy

DavidmanheimJul 15, 2024, 5:50 AM

49 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Non-Disparagement Canaries for OpenAI

aysja and Adam Scholl

May 30, 2024, 7:20 PM

288 points

51 comments2 min readLW link

An evaluation of Helen Toner’s interview on the TED AI Show

PeterHJun 6, 2024, 5:39 PM

24 points

2 comments30 min readLW link

OpenAI lost $5 billion in 2024 (and its losses are increasing)

RemmeltMar 31, 2025, 4:17 AM

26 points

15 comments12 min readLW link

(www.wheresyoured.at)

OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux

ZviMar 31, 2025, 3:50 PM

141 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My thoughts on OpenAI’s Alignment plan

Donald HobsonDec 10, 2022, 10:35 AM

25 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

Inside OpenAI’s Controversial Plan to Abandon its Nonprofit Roots

garrisonApr 18, 2025, 6:46 PM

21 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

On OpenAI’s Model Spec

ZviJun 21, 2024, 1:00 PM

46 points

3 comments30 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My thoughts on OpenAI’s alignment plan

Orpheus16Dec 30, 2022, 7:33 PM

55 points

3 comments20 min readLW link

OpenAI appoints Retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone to Board of Directors

Joel BurgetJun 13, 2024, 9:28 PM

35 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

[Question] Can GPT-4 play 20 questions against another instance of itself?

Nathan Helm-BurgerMar 28, 2023, 1:11 AM

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(evanthebouncy.medium.com)

Sam Altman: “Planning for AGI and beyond”

LawrenceCFeb 24, 2023, 8:28 PM

104 points

54 comments6 min readLW link

(openai.com)

What is OpenAI’s plan for making AI Safer?

brookSep 1, 2023, 11:15 AM

6 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(aisafetyexplained.substack.com)

[Linkpost] Scott Alexander reacts to OpenAI’s latest post

Orpheus16Mar 11, 2023, 10:24 PM

27 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Possible OpenAI’s Q* breakthrough and DeepMind’s AlphaGo-type systems plus LLMs

BurnyNov 23, 2023, 3:16 AM

37 points

25 comments2 min readLW link

How do new models from OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic perform on TruthfulQA?

Owain_EvansFeb 26, 2022, 12:46 PM

44 points

3 comments11 min readLW link

On Deliberative Alignment

ZviFeb 11, 2025, 1:00 PM

53 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What the Headlines Miss About the Latest Decision in the Musk vs. OpenAI Lawsuit

garrisonMar 6, 2025, 7:49 PM

97 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

dalle2 comments

nostalgebraistApr 26, 2022, 5:30 AM

183 points

14 comments13 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

[Question] What do we know about the AI knowledge and views, especially about existential risk, of the new OpenAI board members?

ZviMar 11, 2024, 2:55 PM

60 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

OpenAI Codex: First Impressions

specbugAug 13, 2021, 4:52 PM

49 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(sixeleven.in)

[Question] How does OpenAI’s language model affect our AI timeline estimates?

jimrandomhFeb 15, 2019, 3:11 AM

50 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Unit economics of LLM APIs

dschwarz, nikos, Lawrence Phillips and kotrfa

Aug 27, 2024, 4:51 PM

43 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

My May 2023 priorities for AI x-safety: more empathy, more unification of concerns, and less vilification of OpenAI

Andrew_CritchMay 24, 2023, 12:02 AM

268 points

39 comments8 min readLW link

On GPT-4.5

ZviMar 3, 2025, 1:40 PM

44 points

12 comments22 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework: Praise & Recommendations

Orpheus16Jan 2, 2024, 4:20 PM

66 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

[Question] How to think about and deal with OpenAI

Rafael HarthOct 9, 2021, 1:10 PM

110 points

68 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI lied about SFT vs. RLHF

sanxiynFeb 10, 2025, 3:24 AM

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(x.com)

Review of Alignment Plan Critiques- December AI-Plans Critique-a-Thon Results

IknownothingJan 15, 2024, 7:37 PM

24 points

0 comments25 min readLW link

(aiplans.substack.com)

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Safety Goals

PeterMcCluskeyApr 22, 2023, 7:11 PM

3 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(bayesianinvestor.com)

A crazy hypothesis: GPT-4 already is agentic and is trying to take over the world!

Christopher KingMar 24, 2023, 1:19 AM

−2 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

John Schulman leaves OpenAI for Anthropic [and then left Anthropic again for Thinking Machines]

SodiumAug 6, 2024, 1:23 AM

57 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] OpenAI on why we need social scientists

ioannesFeb 19, 2019, 4:59 PM

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Comments on OpenAI’s “Planning for AGI and beyond”

So8resMar 3, 2023, 11:01 PM

148 points

2 comments14 min readLW link

On OpenAI Dev Day

ZviNov 9, 2023, 4:10 PM

60 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

OpenAI’s Intelligence Levels

infinibot27Jul 13, 2024, 6:25 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bloomberg.com)

Dall-E 3

p.b.Oct 2, 2023, 8:33 PM

37 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

AI #76: Six Shorts Stories About OpenAI

ZviAug 8, 2024, 1:50 PM

53 points

10 comments48 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Hacker Learns to Trust

Ben PaceJun 22, 2019, 12:27 AM

80 points

18 comments8 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Link] Introducing OpenAI

BaughnDec 11, 2015, 9:54 PM

34 points

49 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI #10: Reflections

ZviJan 7, 2025, 5:00 PM

149 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

On Dwarkesh’s Podcast with OpenAI’s John Schulman

ZviMay 21, 2024, 5:30 PM

73 points

4 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

ARC tests to see if GPT-4 can escape human control; GPT-4 failed to do so

Christopher KingMar 15, 2023, 12:29 AM

116 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

Dialogue on the Claim: “OpenAI’s Firing of Sam Altman (And Shortly-Subsequent Events) On Net Reduced Existential Risk From AGI”

johnswentworth and Ruby

Nov 21, 2023, 5:39 PM

73 points

84 comments11 min readLW link

Meta: Frontier AI Framework

Zach Stein-PerlmanFeb 3, 2025, 10:00 PM

33 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(ai.meta.com)

OpenAI Claims Nonprofit Will Retain Nominal Control

ZviMay 7, 2025, 7:40 PM

64 points

4 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

OpenAI #11: America Action Plan

ZviMar 18, 2025, 12:50 PM

83 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Microsoft Plans to Invest $10B in OpenAI; $3B Invested to Date | Fortune

DragonGodJan 12, 2023, 3:55 AM

23 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(fortune.com)

[Link] OpenAI: Learning to Play Minecraft with Video PreTraining (VPT)

Aryeh EnglanderJun 23, 2022, 4:29 PM

53 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Who owns OpenAI’s new language model?

ioannesFeb 14, 2019, 5:51 PM

16 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI: Preparedness framework

Zach Stein-PerlmanDec 18, 2023, 6:30 PM

70 points

23 comments4 min readLW link

(openai.com)

Episode: Austin vs Linch on OpenAI

Austin ChenMay 25, 2024, 4:15 PM

20 points

25 comments1 min readLW link

(manifund.substack.com)

o3, Oh My

ZviDec 30, 2024, 2:10 PM

63 points

17 comments36 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

AXRP Episode 24 - Superalignment with Jan Leike

DanielFilanJul 27, 2023, 4:00 AM

55 points

3 comments69 min readLW link

o3 Will Use Its Tools For You

ZviApr 18, 2025, 9:20 PM

45 points

3 comments45 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Sam Altman fired from OpenAI

LawrenceCNov 17, 2023, 8:42 PM

192 points

75 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

OpenAI/Microsoft announce “next generation language model” integrated into Bing/Edge

LawrenceCFeb 7, 2023, 8:38 PM

79 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(blogs.microsoft.com)

OpenAI: Helen Toner Speaks

ZviMay 30, 2024, 9:10 PM

86 points

8 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

BIG-Bench Canary Contamination in GPT-4

JozdienOct 22, 2024, 3:40 PM

125 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

Sam Altman on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367

Gabe MMar 25, 2023, 7:08 PM

63 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.youtube.com)

OpenAI: Fallout

ZviMay 28, 2024, 1:20 PM

204 points

25 comments36 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Open AI co-founder on AGI

ShardPhoenixSep 16, 2018, 10:18 AM

31 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(youtu.be)

OpenAI releases GPT-4o, natively interfacing with text, voice and vision

Martín SotoMay 13, 2024, 6:50 PM

54 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

o3

Zach Stein-PerlmanDec 20, 2024, 6:30 PM

154 points

164 comments1 min readLW link

The Mask Comes Off: A Trio of Tales

ZviFeb 14, 2025, 3:30 PM

81 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

“Successful language model evals” by Jason Wei

Arjun PanicksseryMay 25, 2024, 9:34 AM

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jasonwei.net)

OpenAI #8: The Right to Warn

ZviJun 17, 2024, 12:00 PM

97 points

8 comments34 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

What’s Going on With OpenAI’s Messaging?

ozziegooenMay 21, 2024, 2:22 AM

191 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] OpenAI doing an AMA today

VikaJan 9, 2016, 2:47 PM

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

An attempt to steelman OpenAI’s alignment plan

Nathan Helm-BurgerJul 13, 2023, 6:25 PM

22 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

OpenAI introduce ChatGPT API at 1/10th the previous $/token

Arthur ConmyMar 1, 2023, 8:48 PM

28 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

Elon files grave charges against OpenAI

mako yassMar 1, 2024, 5:42 PM

38 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.courthousenews.com)

Chris Olah’s views on AGI safety

evhubNov 1, 2019, 8:13 PM

208 points

38 comments12 min readLW link 2 reviews

Anthropic AI made the right call

bhauthApr 15, 2024, 12:39 AM

22 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Do Not Mess With Scarlett Johansson

ZviMay 22, 2024, 3:10 PM

65 points

7 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Frontier Model Forum

Zach Stein-PerlmanJul 26, 2023, 2:30 PM

27 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(blog.google)

[Link] OpenAI LP

AlexeiMar 12, 2019, 11:22 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

On DeepMind’s Frontier Safety Framework

ZviJun 18, 2024, 1:30 PM

37 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What should OpenAI do that it hasn’t already done, to stop their vacancies from being advertised on the 80k Job Board?

WitheringWeightsOct 21, 2024, 1:57 PM

22 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Why did ChatGPT say that? Prompt engineering and more, with PIZZA.

Jessica RumbelowAug 3, 2024, 12:07 PM

41 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

OpenAI Preparedness Framework 2.0

ZviMay 2, 2025, 1:10 PM

60 points

1 comment23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Jan Leike on three kinds of alignment taxes

Orpheus16Jan 6, 2023, 11:57 PM

27 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

(aligned.substack.com)

[Question] why did OpenAI employees sign

bhauthNov 27, 2023, 5:21 AM

49 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI’s Alignment Plans

dkirmaniAug 24, 2022, 7:39 PM

60 points

17 comments5 min readLW link

(openai.com)

AI #2

ZviMar 2, 2023, 2:50 PM

66 points

18 comments55 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike resign from OpenAI [updated]

Zach Stein-PerlmanMay 15, 2024, 12:45 AM

246 points

95 comments2 min readLW link

Request to AGI organizations: Share your views on pausing AI progress

Orpheus16 and simeon_c

Apr 11, 2023, 5:30 PM

141 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

GPT-4o System Card

Zach Stein-PerlmanAug 8, 2024, 8:30 PM

68 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(openai.com)

ChatGPT: First Impressions

specbugDec 1, 2022, 4:36 PM

18 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

(sixeleven.in)

SHY001 A Named Behavior Loop Trained and Deployed in GPT Systems

0san ShinMay 12, 2025, 7:36 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

In defence of Helen Toner, Adam D’Angelo, and Tasha McCauley

mrtreasureDec 6, 2023, 2:02 AM

25 points

3 comments9 min readLW link

(pastebin.com)

OpenAI releases functional Dota 5v5 bot, aims to beat world champions by August

habrykaJun 26, 2018, 10:40 PM

53 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

(blog.openai.com)

ARC-AGI is a genuine AGI test but o3 cheated :(

Knight LeeDec 22, 2024, 12:58 AM

3 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

GPT-4

nzMar 14, 2023, 5:02 PM

151 points

150 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

80,000 hours should remove OpenAI from the Job Board (and similar EA orgs should do similarly)

RaemonJul 3, 2024, 8:34 PM

274 points

71 comments1 min readLW link

On the Importance of Open Sourcing Reward Models

elandgreJan 2, 2023, 7:01 PM

18 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

GPT-4o is out

WitheringWeightsMay 13, 2024, 6:33 PM

21 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

OpenAI Credit Account (2510$)

Emirhan BULUTJan 21, 2024, 2:32 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

ChatGPT understands, but largely does not generate Spanglish (and other code-mixed) text

Milan WDec 23, 2022, 5:40 PM

15 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

Zoom In: An Introduction to Circuits

evhubMar 10, 2020, 7:36 PM

85 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

(distill.pub)

[Question] Using hex to get murder advice from GPT-4o

Laurence FreemanNov 13, 2024, 6:30 PM

10 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Why I’m doing PauseAI

Joseph MillerApr 30, 2024, 4:21 PM

108 points

16 comments4 min readLW link

Meta AI (FAIR) latest paper integrates system-1 and system-2 thinking into reasoning models.

happy fridayOct 24, 2024, 4:54 PM

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Did ChatGPT just gaslight me?

TW123Dec 1, 2022, 5:41 AM

123 points

45 comments9 min readLW link

(aiwatchtower.substack.com)

Addressing doubts of AI progress: Why GPT-5 is not late, and why data scarcity isn’t a fundamental limiter near term.

LDJJan 17, 2025, 6:53 PM

2 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

OpenAI: Facts from a Weekend

ZviNov 20, 2023, 3:30 PM

271 points

166 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Using rationality to debug Machine Learning

Dr_ManhattanApr 10, 2018, 8:03 PM

20 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(amid.fish)

[Question] Is OpenAI losing money on each request?

thenoviceoofDec 1, 2023, 3:27 AM

8 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

OpenAI: Our approach to AI safety

Jacob G-WApr 5, 2023, 8:26 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

OpenAI Solves (Some) Formal Math Olympiad Problems

Michaël TrazziFeb 2, 2022, 9:49 PM

78 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb

RemmeltMar 31, 2025, 3:52 AM

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.wheresyoured.at)

W2SG: Introduction

Maria KaprosMar 10, 2024, 4:25 PM

2 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

OpenAI: The Battle of the Board

ZviNov 22, 2023, 5:30 PM

281 points

83 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Rishi Sunak mentions “existential threats” in talk with OpenAI, DeepMind, Anthropic CEOs

Arjun Panickssery, Baldassare Castiglione and Cleo Nardo

May 24, 2023, 9:06 PM

34 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.gov.uk)

AI safety advocates should consider providing gentle pushback following the events at OpenAI

civilsocietyDec 22, 2023, 6:55 PM

16 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Debate update: Obfuscated arguments problem

Beth BarnesDec 23, 2020, 3:24 AM

136 points

24 comments16 min readLW link

Programming AGI is impossible

Áron EcsenyiMay 30, 2023, 11:05 PM

1 point

0 comments4 min readLW link

Evaluating OpenAI’s alignment plans using training stories

ojorgensenAug 25, 2022, 4:12 PM

4 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

I had a chat with GPT-4 on the future of AI and AI safety

Kristian FreedMar 28, 2023, 5:47 PM

1 point

0 comments8 min readLW link

Nonprofit to retain control of OpenAI

ArchimedesMay 5, 2025, 11:41 PM

37 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

OpenAI’s Jig May Be Up

ValeMay 6, 2025, 8:51 AM

3 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

OpenAI: “Scaling Laws for Transfer”, Hernandez et al.

Lukas FinnvedenFeb 4, 2021, 12:49 PM

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

In defence of Helen Toner, Adam D’Angelo, and Tasha McCauley (OpenAI post)

mrtreasureDec 5, 2023, 6:40 PM

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(pastebin.com)

GPT-4 Predictions

Stephen McAleeseFeb 17, 2023, 11:20 PM

110 points

27 comments11 min readLW link

Microsoft and OpenAI, stop telling chatbots to roleplay as AI

hold_my_fishFeb 17, 2023, 7:55 PM

49 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

From Fragment to Form: A Personal Prelude to Human–AI Resonance

Vladimir KimApr 6, 2025, 8:24 PM

1 point

0 comments15 min readLW link

Fifteen Lawsuits against OpenAI

RemmeltMar 9, 2024, 12:22 PM

27 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

What can we learn from Lex Fridman’s interview with Sam Altman?

Karl von WendtMar 27, 2023, 6:27 AM

56 points

22 comments9 min readLW link

Scott Aaronson is joining OpenAI to work on AI safety

peterbarnettJun 18, 2022, 4:06 AM

117 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

(scottaaronson.blog)

Ilya: The AI scientist shaping the world

David VargaNov 20, 2023, 1:09 PM

11 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

A Girardian interpretation of the Altman affair, it’s on my to-do list

Bill BenzonNov 20, 2023, 12:21 PM

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Injecting noise to GPT to get multiple answers

bipoloFeb 22, 2023, 8:02 PM

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

OpenAI: Altman Returns

ZviNov 30, 2023, 2:10 PM

66 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why OpenAI projects only $174B of revenue by 2030?

becausecuriousMay 15, 2025, 2:50 AM

28 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[EAForum xpost] A breakdown of OpenAI’s revenue

dschwarz and Lawrence Phillips

Jul 10, 2024, 6:09 PM

57 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Sam Altman’s Business Negging

Julian BradshawSep 30, 2024, 9:06 PM

13 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.bloomberg.com)

Sydney the Bingenator Can’t Think, But It Still Threatens People

Valentin BaltadzhievFeb 20, 2023, 6:37 PM

−3 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

Steering Behaviour: Testing for (Non-)Myopia in Language Models

Evan R. Murphy and Megan Kinniment

Dec 5, 2022, 8:28 PM

40 points

19 comments10 min readLW link

Mira Murati leaves OpenAI/ OpenAI to remove non-profit control

SodiumSep 25, 2024, 9:15 PM

58 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Is OpenAI net negative for AI Safety?

Lysandre TerrisseNov 2, 2024, 4:18 PM

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

A first success story for Outer Alignment: InstructGPT

Noosphere89Nov 8, 2022, 10:52 PM

6 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

Current AI Safety Roles for Software Engineers

ozziegooenNov 9, 2018, 8:57 PM

70 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

NYT: Google will “recalibrate” the risk of releasing AI due to competition with OpenAI

Michael HuangJan 22, 2023, 8:38 AM

47 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.nytimes.com)

Dario Amodei leaves OpenAI

Daniel KokotajloDec 29, 2020, 7:31 PM

69 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI’s Alignment Plan is not S.M.A.R.T.

Søren ElverlinJan 18, 2023, 6:39 AM

9 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

On AI and Compute

johncroxApr 3, 2019, 7:00 PM

36 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

OpenAI: Exodus

ZviMay 20, 2024, 1:10 PM

153 points

26 comments44 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] Sam Altman’s 2015 Blog Posts Machine Intelligence Parts 1 & 2

OliviaJApr 28, 2023, 4:02 PM

70 points

4 comments9 min readLW link

Ex-OpenAI employee amici leave to file denied in Musk v OpenAI case?

TFDMay 2, 2025, 12:27 PM

4 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(www.thefloatingdroid.com)

Technical Report: Emergent Subjectivity in AI Dialogue Systems

Ivan FromDubaiMar 21, 2025, 12:37 PM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

OpenAI defected, but we can take honest actions

RemmeltOct 21, 2024, 8:41 AM

17 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI: The Board Expands

ZviMar 12, 2024, 2:00 PM

92 points

1 comment30 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

OpenAI Credit Account (2510$)

Emirhan BULUTJan 21, 2024, 2:30 AM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[LINK] - ChatGPT discussion

JanBDec 1, 2022, 3:04 PM

13 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(openai.com)

“Learning to Summarize with Human Feedback”—OpenAI

[deleted]Sep 7, 2020, 5:59 PM

57 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

The Underreaction to OpenAI

SherrinfordJan 18, 2024, 10:08 PM

21 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

The Great OpenAI Debate: Should It Stay ‘Open’ or Go Private?

SatyaDec 30, 2024, 1:14 AM

−1 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

Former OpenAI Superalignment Researcher: Superintelligence by 2030

Julian BradshawJun 5, 2024, 3:35 AM

70 points

30 comments1 min readLW link

(situational-awareness.ai)

Satire: Sam Altman get’s grilled by the Financial Times for his kitchen and his cooking skills + what this might say about him

Marius Adrian NicoarăMay 13, 2025, 9:38 AM

1 point

0 comments2 min readLW link

Imitative Generalisation (AKA ‘Learning the Prior’)

Beth BarnesJan 10, 2021, 12:30 AM

107 points

15 comments11 min readLW link 1 review

Map of all 40 copyright suits v. AI in U.S.

RemmeltMar 26, 2025, 7:57 AM

39 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(chatgptiseatingtheworld.com)

Bioweapons, and ChatGPT (another vulnerability story)

BeeblebroxDec 7, 2022, 7:27 AM

−5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Hiring engineers and researchers to help align GPT-3

paulfchristianoOct 1, 2020, 6:54 PM

206 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

Alignment Newsletter #13: 07/02/18

Rohin ShahJul 2, 2018, 4:10 PM

70 points

12 comments8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Large Language Models Pass the Turing Test

Matrice JacobineApr 2, 2025, 5:41 AM

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Why not just boycott LLMs?

lmbpMar 15, 2023, 5:55 PM

11 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How is GPT-4o Related to GPT-4?

Joel BurgetMay 15, 2024, 6:33 PM

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

AGI: Hire Software Engineers—All of Them, Right Now

MGowMar 30, 2023, 6:40 PM

−18 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Why Did Elon Musk Just Offer to Buy Control of OpenAI for $100 Billion?

garrisonFeb 11, 2025, 12:20 AM

208 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

Nyarlathotep Stirs: A Meta-Narrative ChatGPT Story

Charlie SandersMar 20, 2023, 8:00 AM

4 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(dailymicrofiction.substack.com)

Miles Brundage resigned from OpenAI, and his AGI readiness team was disbanded

garrisonOct 23, 2024, 11:40 PM

118 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

[Question] GPT-4 Specs: 1 Trillion Parameters?

infinibot27Mar 26, 2023, 6:56 PM

6 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

ChatGPT seems overconfident to me

qbolecDec 4, 2022, 8:03 AM

19 points

3 comments16 min readLW link

The Slippery Slope from DALLE-2 to Deepfake Anarchy

scasperNov 5, 2022, 2:53 PM

17 points

9 comments11 min readLW link

OpenAI Boycott Revisit

Jake DennieJul 22, 2024, 1:44 AM

17 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Transformer trained on it’s own content?

MicromegasApr 1, 2023, 3:08 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI introduces function calling for GPT-4

mic and André Ferretti

Jun 20, 2023, 1:58 AM

24 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(openai.com)

The future of Humans: Operators of AI

François-Joseph LacroixDec 30, 2023, 11:46 PM

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Link] Why I’m optimistic about OpenAI’s alignment approach

janleikeDec 5, 2022, 10:51 PM

98 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

(aligned.substack.com)

Scalable And Transferable Black-Box Jailbreaks For Language Models Via Persona Modulation

Soroush Pour, rusheb, Quentin FEUILLADE--MONTIXI, Arush and scasper

Nov 7, 2023, 5:59 PM

38 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Could We Automate AI Alignment Research?

Stephen McAleeseAug 10, 2023, 12:17 PM

34 points

10 comments21 min readLW link

[Question] Why does ChatGPT throw an error when outputting “David Mayer”?

ArchimedesDec 1, 2024, 12:11 AM

6 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

OpenAI Responses API changes models’ behavior

Jan Betley and James Chua

Apr 11, 2025, 1:27 PM

52 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

The Information: OpenAI shows ‘Strawberry’ to feds, races to launch it

Martín SotoAug 27, 2024, 11:10 PM

145 points

15 comments3 min readLW link

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