OpenAI Hits the Brakes - Right Before Its IPO Run
With a looming IPO, intense competition from Anthropic, and Chinese and open-weight rivals gaining ground, OpenAI had every reason to accelerate. Instead, it slowed down—voluntarily pausing reinforcement learning on its latest models for two weeks while tightening security and safeguards. The timing is the story.
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