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Researchers frustrated with OpenAI's gatekeeping despite new 'shepherd' approach

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The Verge reports that researchers are increasingly frustrated with OpenAI's gatekeeping of its breakthroughs, despite the company's new approach of working with expert 'shepherds' to share findings. OpenAI announced advances in mathematics, computer science, and physics on Monday, but researchers remain unhappy, still dealing with hundreds of preprints dumped in early October.

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  1. The Verge AIRobert Hart
    Researchers are getting tired of OpenAI gatekeeping its breakthroughs

    On Monday, OpenAI announced impressive breakthroughs in mathematics, computer science, and physics, along with what the company says is an evolving approach to communicating its findings. But despite its apparent course correction, researchers who spoke to The Verge are growing increasingly tired of the company's antics. It has been a turbulent few months between OpenAI and mathematicians, who are still grappling with the hundreds of preprints unceremoniously dumped on them at the start of October. This time, OpenAI says it is working with expert "shepherds" to decide how best to share its latest breakthroughs. All three results conc … Read the full story at The Verge.

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