OpenAI is releasing a significantly expanded version of its Model Spec, a document that defines how its AI models should behave â and is making it free for anyone to use or modify.
The new 63-page specification, up from around 10 pages in its previous version, lays out guidelines for how AI models should handle everything from controversial topics to user customization. It emphasizes three main principles: customizability; transparency; and what OpenAI calls “intellectual freedom” â the ability for users to explore and debate ideas without arbitrary restrictions. The launch of the updated Model Spec comes just as CEO Sam Altman posted that the startupâs next big model, GPT-4.5 (codenamed Orion), will be released soon.
The team also incorporated current AI ethics debates and controversies from the past year into the specification. You might be familiar with some of these trolley problem-type queries. Last March, Elon Musk (who cofounded OpenAI and now runs a competitor, xAI) slammed Googleâs AI chatbot after a user asked if you should misgender Caitlyn Jenner, a famous trans Olympian, if it were the only way to prevent a nuclear apocalypse â and it said no. Figuring out …
