OpenAI has been taking incremental steps in generative AI, focusing on refining its tools and improving the performance of its models. However, the company is facing challenges with access to high-quality training data, with many websites blocking OpenAI’s web crawler. This has led to costly licensing agreements with publishers and data brokers. Despite controversies and challenges, OpenAI is developing a reasoning technique to improve its models’ responses and is promising a future model with “Ph.D.-level” intelligence.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI is changing the format of its DevDay conference to a series of developer engagement sessions and will not release its next major flagship model during the event.
- OpenAI's DevDay events will take place in San Francisco, London, and Singapore, featuring workshops, breakout sessions, and demos with the OpenAI product and engineering staff.
- OpenAI has been focusing on refining its existing models and tools, but it faces challenges in finding high-quality training data, with many websites blocking its web crawler and restricting access to data.
- The company is reportedly spending billions on training its models and hiring research staff, and it faces controversies over using copyrighted data for training, restrictive employee NDAs, and pushing out safety researchers.