Given OpenAI dropped the "open" from their principles we don't really know how "on par" anything, much less open source, is with OpenAI anymore. OpenAI is just

Given OpenAI dropped the "open" from their principles we don't really know how "on par" anything, much less open source, is with OpenAI anymore. OpenAI is just another closed ML provider and could be just as much smoke and mirrors as any other proprietary provider. OpenAI got a lot of first mover love that buoys their brand name, and it is nothing but a brand name now, but they stopped showing their work to the public and we don't know how much "OpenAI is more competitive than open source equivalents" is just more grift.