> Not only are they not releasing Codex (and GPT-3), but in order to get access to the API you have to apply for access and be judged against a proprietary set

> Not only are they not releasing Codex (and GPT-3), but in order to get access to the API you have to apply for access and be judged against a proprietary set of criteria that are entirely opaque. I have yet to hear of one person who has gotten access without either a) being Twitter-notable in the ML space, or b) using a personal connection to jump the queue (I hit up someone a couple steps removed from OpenAI and got lucky). As far as I can tell they are just collecting email addresses to gauge interest, and are not even evaluating people who cold-apply through their form. Please correct me if I'm wrong, though, I only know what I've heard within my own network! It's totally possible they're allowing a very very slow trickle of external unconnected people in.