Isn't this all based off self-attestation? There is no comprehensive audit of their research data and finances I am aware of. If I was OpenAI and blew millions

Isn't this all based off self-attestation? There is no comprehensive audit of their research data and finances I am aware of. If I was OpenAI and blew millions of dollars training models that showed exponentially worse performance for incrementally more resources expended training the model, my next step would not be to publish about it.