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Sam Altman wanted to release an open model at GPT-3 level to hinder competitors — from a 2022 letter

A 2022 email from Sam Altman to OpenAI's board, revealed in Musk v. Altman litigation (2026), shows Altman proposed releasing an open-source GPT-3-level model to run locally on consumer hardware. His stated goal was to preempt similar releases by Stability AI or others, thereby discouraging competitors and making it harder for new efforts to get funded.

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Simon Willison27.07 · 00:03

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Local AI Models: The Desktop Frontier Is Here

The article discusses the development of local AI models that run on personal computers, offering privacy and reduced latency. It notes that such models are becoming more accessible thanks to optimizations and new frameworks.