Luke McConnell

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[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

Why did the government give you access BRIAN and not me? Is being an OpenAI employee now also a national security clearance or is this a new caste system?

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@theo The government not approving Theo access to these models is a crime and shows you’re where we are heading.

I’m sure John Deere and Boeing were the first approved for access.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

Prediction: this actually never pans out and they adopt Starlink because Amazon Leo’s rockets keep blowing up. Very curious about this deal. Feels like Amazon paid Delta instead of Delta paying Amazon.

[Delta @Delta]

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[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@sama Let me ask again, why does the government have a say or ability to request this? I would love to be pointed to any law or regulation please!

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@romainhuet Who are the “people” you speak of ???

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@RhysSullivan Fable is waiting in the DMV line

[David Ondrej @DavidOndrej1]

this is tragic

new frontier model

available to only select companies

we live in a dystopian nightmare

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

I can’t wait to send my Sol to Terra your Luna

[Sam Altman @sama]

Good new first: Sol is a smart, efficient, and a significant step forward. It is the same price as GPT-5.5. Also launching in the GPT-5.6 family is Terra, with 5.5-level performance at half the price.

Bad news: at the request of the US government, it is launching today in limited preview instead of the open access launch we were planning on. We are working with the government to get to general availability as fast as we can.

I think it is quite reasonable to roll out models--especially as they reach significant new levels of capability--in this way. It fits with our long-held strategy of iterative deployment. But this isn't quite the process that we think is optimal.

Now we will with the government to attempt to get to a transparent, reliable process for early access, and to ensure that as long as our safeguards work as intended we can release widely. We want to be a reliable, dependable partner that works with all stakeholders, and we also want to live by our mission of benefiting all of humanity. I believe the government shares most of our goals, and that they are overall doing a good job in a very difficult situation.

We will work as quickly as we can to get this model in your hands and we hope you will love it.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@sama Can you help me understand how small businesses will get access to these models?

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@stevenheidel Incorrect. The government is release this not you.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@gdb @itsandrewgao I almost said something mean bc I’m mad at the government and @sama but then remembered I like you.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@ChatGPTapp @Costaazzz @grok is sol as many magnitude higher then the earth (terra) in terms of capability?

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

Who is allowed on the horizon though?? Can I come?

[ChatGPT @ChatGPT]

New models are on the horizon.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@nunezvice Blocked for being too optimistic 😅

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@sama @nadzi_mouad What will be the difference in the model OpenAI uses, versus what US citizens use, versus the rest of the world?

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@sama Why does the government have a say in this?

[Matthew Berman @MatthewBerman]

Please sir may I have some Fable

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Potential name for the AI industry regulatory authority:

AI Associated Institute of America, Inc or AIAIAI, pronounced “ay yai yai”

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@thsottiaux Blocked bc I’m not happy I don’t have access and I’m petty.

[Luke McConnell @lukeaford]

@OpenAI This post alone turned me into a @sama hater. Clearly into it to SANDFF.