Commentary: OpenAI won't release reasoning traces because the reasoning process is the real product
max_paperclips · x · 2026-10-27
A reshared take argues that OpenAI categorically refusing to release reasoning traces for its new results is telling: the process of arriving at a result is the real product, which gets close to the heart of the problem with how AI value is captured.
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