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OpenAI is threatening to ban everyone who tries to research what their new model is actually doing.

While OpenAI uses a lot of language about "safeguards" it's mostly about keeping the illusion intact that o1 is a big leap when in fact it is a marginal patch to what they have been doing for a long time now. But they are looking for money right now and need to keep the hype active.

(Original title: Ban warnings fly as users dare to probe the “thoughts” of OpenAI’s latest model)

https://arstechnica.com/?p=2049959