User says OpenAI shut down his protein design project, pivoting to open-weight models

Terminator857 · reddit · 2026-09-10

A Reddit user claims OpenAI fully shut down a client protein design project he was working on, arguing that open-weight models are the only way forward for biological research. No project details or specifics of OpenAI's restriction were disclosed, so treat as unverified firsthand account.

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