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OpenAI Knows GPT-4 Is Dangerous—But Won’t Do a Damn Thing About It<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/OpenAI</p> <p>On Tuesday, OpenAI launched GPT-4, its latest and most powerful large language model (LLM) yet. Rumors have swirled about the bot’s supposed prowess since the release of ChatGPT, powered by predecessor GPT-3, in Nov. 2022. Now, it can safely be said that GPT-4 <em>mostly</em> lives up to the hype.</p> <p>OpenAI released a 98-page technical report along with a stream demonstrating the LLM and its abilities. This includes <a href="https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1635700173946105856">passing major tests like the bar exam, the LSAT, and AP tests with flying colors</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/danshipper/status/1635712019549786113/photo/1">pharmaceutical drug discovery</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/reidhoffman/status/1636006090927390720">writing coherent books</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/thekitze/status/1635985385288265728">creating video games</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/mortenjust/status/1636001311417319426">developing an app that recommends movies</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/anitakirkovska/status/1636027968056094720">turning a napkin sketch into an entire website</a>; <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyHoWasHere/status/1636347961813655557">over explain why novelty phone chargers are funny</a>; and even <a href="https://twitter.com/jbrowder1/status/1635720431091974157">generating entire lawsuits with just one click</a>.</p> <p>Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, <a href="https://twitter.com/sama/status/1635687853324902401">said in a tweet</a> that GPT-4 was “our most capable and aligned model yet.” He later added that “it is still flawed, still limited, and it seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/openai-knows-gpt-4-is-dangerousbut-wont-do-a-damn-thing-about-it">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/OpenAI

On Tuesday, OpenAI launched GPT-4, its latest and most powerful large language model (LLM) yet. Rumors have swirled about the bot’s supposed prowess since the release of ChatGPT, powered by predecessor GPT-3, in Nov. 2022. Now, it can safely be said that GPT-4 mostly lives up to the hype.

OpenAI released a 98-page technical report along with a stream demonstrating the LLM and its abilities. This includes passing major tests like the bar exam, the LSAT, and AP tests with flying colors; pharmaceutical drug discovery; writing coherent books; creating video games; developing an app that recommends movies; turning a napkin sketch into an entire website; over explain why novelty phone chargers are funny; and even generating entire lawsuits with just one click.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said in a tweet that GPT-4 was “our most capable and aligned model yet.” He later added that “it is still flawed, still limited, and it seems more impressive on first use than it does after you spend more time with it.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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