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Re:Musk sues Altman seeking a return to open source and non-... by mrinterweb on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:01PM (#39564620)
I've been really hung up on the irony of "Open" part of the OpenAI name. I figure "Open" must mean "open for business". What is open about OpenAI?
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Re:Musk sues Altman seeking a return to open source and non-... by dkjaudyeqooe on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:13PM (#39564780)
The most oppressive regimes have "Democratic" or "People's" in the official name of their country.

Someone took inspiration from this.

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Re:Musk sues Altman seeking a return to open source and non-... by wmf on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:41PM (#39565157)
They changed their minds and didn't change the name. That's all.
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Re:Musk sues Altman seeking a return to open source and non-... by mrinterweb on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:28PM (#39565774)
If that's the case the name should come with an asterisk and footnote. Keeping "Open" in the name is not genuine. Its would be like a superhero group called themselves "Hero Squad" and decided being superheros is not profitable as villainy, but still calling themselves Hero Squad despite the obvious operational changes.
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