Near-$1M breakthrough halted as OpenAI intervenes

A researcher or small team was close to a roughly $1 million breakthrough but had its progress affected when OpenAI intervened. The report highlights how intervention by major AI firms can alter the commercial and research prospects of smaller actors.

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