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The author suggests that the companies may be facing various bottlenecks, such as compute power and available data. However, they also note that there are potential post-training unlocks, such as Chain of Thought and test-time compute, that could provide performance and scaling improvements.
Continued Innovation and Investment
Despite these apparent slowdowns, the author believes these are not significant stumbles for the companies, and they will continue to innovate. The massive amount of investment in the AI industry suggests that these challenges are temporary, and breakthroughs are likely to come in the near future.
Greg Brockman's Return to OpenAI
In another story, the article discusses the return of Greg Brockman to OpenAI. Brockman, the former CTO of the company, had been on an extended leave and vacation. Now, he is back, working with Sam Altman to find the right technical role for him within the organization.
ChatGPT.com Domain Acquisition
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