Ex-Googler reveals internal 'LMChat' existed a year before ChatGPT
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-08-03
A former Google employee revealed that an internal chatbot named LMChat existed about a year before ChatGPT's release. However, Google leadership was too nervous to launch it, and DeepMind was restricted from shipping products that could disrupt Google's existing business.
Commentary notes this was around the time the 'Stochastic Parrots' paper caused mass controversy, creating a toxic environment where researchers felt pressured by social justice movements, making it difficult to be scientifically objective.
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