Ethan Mollick flags rumor: labs may start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR blowback
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-09-17
Ethan Mollick shared an unverified but "plausible" rumor from someone with inside knowledge, and raised a real policy question: if sharing norms in AI keep fraying, will labs start hoarding knowledge to avoid PR issues?
- The rumor ties to fallout from incidents involving Triston and Levent, with claims that progress is being held back by PR concerns.
- Mollick argues this is less gossip than a genuine inflection point for the industry's open-knowledge culture.
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