>this particular "persistence-model" was encrypted and locked away, even from OAI staff

source?

There were links somewhere else in this thread coming from OAI staff.

You say highly unlikely when there is clear evidence of that happening here as covered in the article?

It's not highly unlikely, its actually happening and there's proof.

There's not a single shred of proof that this model is a model anyone in the public has access to, and the odds of that being the case are practically 0%. Like I said, the "persistence-model" is already one that has been shut down, and is not a model anyone in the public has ever used.

This is irrelevant. This is evidence that models can be built like this, which means more models will be built like this on people that are more concerned about reaching powerful models rather than safe models.