Altman: "We are entering a new era of discovery now"

Posted 00:06 UTC Oct 7 (evening of Oct 6, US time): "We are entering a new era of discovery now:" with a link to the OpenAI blog post. ~521k views at 05:20 UTC.

Later that night (04:35–04:36 UTC) Altman posted a three-post thread: "looking up at the stars with extra awe tonight", quoting "thy sea is so great and my boat is so small" (https://x.com/sama/status/2107691261776052633, ~166k views); thanks "to the machines, and the structure of reality" (https://x.com/sama/status/2107691262795239805, ~42k); and thanks to "the untold number of people who put in the technical work" (https://x.com/sama/status/2107691577015755196, ~40k). The thread does not name the release but follows it by a few hours.

We are entering a new era of discovery now:

https://t.co/Ng8GquwN3r

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