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EVENT STREAM // FEBRUARY 2019

GPT-2 DEEMED "TOO DANGEROUS TO RELEASE"

 ·  Significant impact

OpenAI initially withholds GPT-2 citing concerns about misuse for generating fake news. The first major "should we release this?" moment. They released it anyway months later.

POLICY ETHICS
SOURCES [2]
  1. OpenAI staged release blog post (Feb 2019) — openai.com
  2. Vox and MIT Technology Review debate coverage — vox.com