The idea that they want to train a new custom model for open release instead of just... giving us GPT-3 already suggests a terrible start. I'm calling it now, this is a strategic counterplay against Google's Gemma models so @sama can sell Tim Cook a "frontier" local model that doesn't compete with anything coherent. A fig leaf for their "Open" identity and a paper tiger for the Apple Intelligence panoply.
OpenAI doesn't believe in Open Source, they merely want it's prestige without committing to it on-principle.
OpenAI doesn't believe in Open Source, they merely want it's prestige without committing to it on-principle.