n 14 February 2019, OpenAI announced a language model called GPT 2, the precursor to the models that power modern AI chatbots and agents such as ChatGPT and Claude. But OpenAI declared GPT 2 was too risky to release, citing concerns about safety and abuse. I recall being annoyed at the time that OpenAI would make such a useless announcement: the risks seemed overblown, and without access to the model there wasnt much for a researcher like me to learn about GPT 2. The announcement wasnt useless...
