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OpenAI's Incentive to Withhold Advanced Models Questioned

A Reddit user questions OpenAI's strategy regarding the release of their most advanced AI models, suggesting that internal models may be superior to publicly available ones like Claude Opus 5.5. The user speculates on the incentives behind OpenAI's decision to withhold their best-performing AI. AI

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OpenAI's Incentive to Withhold Advanced Models Questioned

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Aggravating-Push-207 ·

    What incentive does OpenAI have to not release their best model?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This may be a dumb question but Claude Opus 5.5 is quite a bit better, so why not release their internal models that are even better?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Aggravating-Push-207"> /u…