Yes it does benefit OpenAI because Sam is pushing for and betting on regulatory capture. Meaning AI models that are compliant with AI safety principles would be allowed and considered safe by law should regulations be put in place.
Current open source models wouldn't be compliant and would require work to make them compliant, thus creating a moat for OpenAI in the self hosted space.
Because there is nothing better than a free model that you can self host that OpenAI has made that is also regulated.
Enterprises would love this, since OpenAI has the mindshare already, they can self host a licensed model in their orgs or air gapped environment that they know is regulated.
OpenAI may release different model sizes of this GPT-X variant like they did quietly for Whisper, Bigger sizes may require an enterprise license.
Yes it does benefit OpenAI because Sam is pushing for and betting on regulatory capture. Meaning AI models that are compliant with AI safety principles would be allowed and considered safe by law should regulations be put in place.
Current open source models wouldn't be compliant and would require work to make them compliant, thus creating a moat for OpenAI in the self hosted space.
Because there is nothing better than a free model that you can self host that OpenAI has made that is also regulated.
Enterprises would love this, since OpenAI has the mindshare already, they can self host a licensed model in their orgs or air gapped environment that they know is regulated.
OpenAI may release different model sizes of this GPT-X variant like they did quietly for Whisper, Bigger sizes may require an enterprise license.