Brother they can't even release the announcement post cleanly without it constantly going down, they certainly wouldn't be able to release this new model without doing so in stages.

They simply refuse my applications to slightly less restricted models without any explanations. And the current ones refuse automatically to work with me on my papers as soon as they see the word "epidemiology".

I am a researcher in a Swiss university btw.

When Open AI announced that Astra was the first to reach the "Critical" level in cybersecurity it also said that advanced cyber capabilities are initially provided to a narrow circle of alpha testers like the US government and trusted organizations that Open AI doesn't name. To my mind the "Critical" level itself is an internal scale of Open AI its own Preparedness Framework and not an external audit.

If Tech CEOs consider this morally ok, then it is.

More optimistic take: we'll only be second-class for a few months, if the pattern of Chinese models catching-up holds.

Same. Fortunately DeepSeek keeps getting better.

Is it really that hard to wait couple of days?

create a life where your 'wealth' is decoupled from third party orgs.

This is impossible, unless by 'wealth' you mean 'become like Buddha'.

Material wealth is only a single type of wealth. Who's better off - the rich guy who's always yearning to be richer and never satisfied, or the lower income guy that mostly just cares about time with his family and is really happy where he's at?

This has always been the case for people that have not had piles of money.

I mean do you get access to the best yachts?

To the top of the 5 star hotels?

To the best resorts?

To the best military equipment?

Hell, the best computer equipment has nearly always been out of reach of the average person.

I couldn't care less about owning a yacht.

On the other hand even a modest house, basic healthcare and ability to not work like a slave for scraps feels like it's going to be out of reach.

It hasn't always been the case. Even then, having piles of money still does not gain access to the best military equipment. Sure, we've been living in a time where a couple people get to enjoy a wildly different lifestyle than the average, it just feels like it's about to be different in a way that isn't as ignore-able as someone enjoying a pina colada in a yacht somewhere

…to basic health care?

Oh please. They do closed betas - hardly makes you a "second class citizen".

Mythos was never released. It's really just the writing on the wall. I'm not going to give up hope, but it's pretty hard to win a race when some people get a jump on the gun.

Being strongly on the AI saftey side of things what is happening was 100% predictable.

At first the race wouldn't even be noticeable. Then people would see things speeding up, for example hardware getting more expensive. Then when the capabilities really got useful most people suddenly realize the race is moving 1000 mph and they are never going to catch up.

What's currently happening is predictable, I agree. It's what's coming is the thing I'm worried most about. Either way, I'm not giving up.