The Math OpenAI Keeps for Itself: An Insider Breakdown
dpaleka · hn · 2026-10-18
Security researcher Daniel Paleka publishes a newsletter piece examining the calculations and figures OpenAI deliberately keeps internal — the math behind its capabilities, costs, or strategic decisions that the company chooses not to disclose.
The piece points at OpenAI's selective transparency in external communications, and is worth a read for those following AI company transparency and business models.
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