At launch, it got released only to some 20 «trusted partners,» and OpenAI promised a general release «in the coming weeks.»
Now those weeks have passed, the government has lifted its restrictions without further explanation, and both OpenAI’s X account and CEO Sam Altman are posting that it will «launch publicly this Thursday.»
This comes after extensive testing by the Center for AI Standards and Innovation within the Department of Commerce, aided by experts from OpenAI, who stayed on call for «potential questions,» Axios reports.
No account has been given as to what specifically caused the delayed launch or what conditions the government had for its release.
Read more: Teknotum: On the launch, On the restrictions. OpenAI’s X post, Altman’s X post. Writeup on Axios.