Former OpenAI researcher: many ideas were left in GPT-4 as the field moved too fast
willdepue · x · 2026-09-22
willdepue, an early OpenAI researcher, revealed in a discussion that "we left so much in GPT-4"—many research ideas were abandoned as the space moved too fast. A brief remark, but from someone who worked on GPT-4, hinting at undisclosed directions explored during its development.
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