The thing you have to keep in mind is that OpenAI (and all the big tech companies) are risk averse. That's the reason that model alignment is so overbearing.

The thing you have to keep in mind is that OpenAI (and all the big tech companies) are risk averse. That's the reason that model alignment is so overbearing. The foundation models are also trying to be good at everything, which means they won't be sensitive to the nuances of specific types of questions. RAG and chatbot memory systems are here to stay, and they will always provide a benefit.