> to give them benefit of the doubt, isn't it more responsible of them to evaluate the models actual capabilities than to cloak it in a veneer of harmlessness?

Why do we think they're doing this? Nobody airgapped anything. Nobody pulled any products. We got a PR blurb.

Altman is a notoriour liar. Why would you give him the benefit of doubt? Based on the evidence, there is nothing here except a shrinking advantage over open-weight competition. Desperate men are shrieking for survival.