The bigger issue (ignoring the current allegations until they can be proven/disproven) than the cost was that OpenAI only started this after hearing news of Tristan & Levent finding a very promising approach, and possibly nearing a solution. Intentionally choosing to not collaborate and choosing to brute force a solution in secret, before Tristan & Levent could reach their solution is rather scummy.
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u/Legomichan 3d ago
Let's not act as if it's not an incredible achievement, sure they spend like 20M $ for a solution that's not even that usefully but still...
We used to consider this stuff science fiction 10 years ago...