> fact they can't

Again, see the Apple lawsuit. OpenAI has clearly never been constrained by facts in what it can and can’t say.

To the extent anything is setting off my bullshit detector, it’s in the idea that OpenAI has this one super honest pocket within a broader culture that’s demonstrably cowboy. (Moreover, the idea that we should assume this divergence without evidence.)

OpenAI doesn’t have the benefit of doubt. They shouldn’t for anyone who’s honest and reasonable. That doesn’t mean they’re automatically at fault. But when the twentieth person comes forward and said a pattern is continuing, it’s beyond strange to then require a tabula rasa burden of proof, particularly when we know there are hidden variables both sides can potentially access.