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Open AI: Imagine if the best AI models were open and free
- mark_l_watson 3y agoSuggestion: don’t require my e-mail address to find out what your projects are. There is a name collision between this organization “Open AI” and “OpenAI” - spaces matter. If I was running Open AI I would change branding to use their domain “Open.ai”
- kevincox 3y agoYeah, there is no way this isn't a trademark issue. You can see that there are already confused people in this comment thread.
- mandmandam 3y agoWell, the word 'open' is both incredibly generic, and very specifically what they're not. If there's confusion, it's pretty clear who started it.
- atonse 3y agoI’m not a lawyer but from my understanding of trademarks, that doesn’t matter. If it is confusing to consumers then it infringes. The genius is in “OpenAI” the actual company getting that name. And it’s just a name. They have no obligation to open their stuff. If these guys said OpenSourceAI or OpenModels or something then it could work. But IANAL. I just play one on the internet. :-)
- atonse 3y agoOh I didn’t realize this wasn’t OpenAI (the one everyone knows about). I was surprised they’d consider releasing their models and assumed it was to pre-empt some regulation. I predict they get shut down in no time. This is too confusing to consumers.
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- siva7 3y agoI'm confused. Is this Sam's OpenAI or some other brand?
- blackoil 3y agoNope some other group. Definitely a trademark issue.
- nivekkevin 3y agoWhy does this look extremely sketchy?
- inciampati 3y agoThis is beautiful satire. Indeed, what if the best models were open and free? We would be far ahead of the game, relative to the current situation.
- smoldesu 3y ago> We would be far ahead of the game, relative to the current situation. I am curious: what applications are currently unfeasible because of the licensing of GPT-3 and GPT-4? Even if those "best models" were open and free, the vast majority of the population can't even afford to run it. I'm no fan of SAAS APIs either, but I struggle to imagine game-changing applications that aren't feasible with the status quo.
- shlubbert 3y agoBeyond that one line in the intro text that is vaguely riffing on (the other) OpenAI, I really don't see what about this could be seen as satire? It's just another AI image generator with the one unique feature being trademark infringement. Confused what the goal is.
- aclimatt 3y agoWell done with getting that domain name, but you may be in a world of trouble with trademark infringement with OpenAI. To the point where they actually may have an argument to seize the domain: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-02-25-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-02-25-en
- blackoil 3y agoIs there anything close to MidJourney?
- dwheeler 3y agoIf this is a company this is probably a trademark issue. But at first glance this looks like satire to me, not a company. Poking fun at the "open" in OpenAI seems like protected speech in the US, and I'm guessing this is a US site.
- gabrielsroka 3y agoAccording to archive.org, it used to redirect openAI.com at some point. Perhaps they let the domain lapse and someone else picked it up. The address posted is 123 Main Street according to https://whois.nic.ai https://whois.nic.ai
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- dontupvoteme 3y agoAre .ai TLDs basically just owned by America, or does this still route via London? I doubt Anguilla itself handles these issues.
- tomohelix 3y agoAll I can see is a massive lawsuit. Maybe OpenAI would be kind enough to offer a small amount of money but I think they are legally entitled to just take that domain from the owner. Especially when they have Microsoft legal team behind them...