Based on what? First commit seems to have been March 29th (https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free/commit/fc995b874199ce985a...), with the express purpose of providing GPT-4 / GPT-3.5 access for free:
> # openai-gpt4
> Free gpt4 / gpt3.5 access through several reverse engineered api's (nat.dev, poe.com, t3nsor.com etc...)
And GPT-4 was announced by OpenAI 14th March. Also would be weird if the initial commit references things that haven't happened yet.
I'll say what I said before on earlier submissions about this very project, the naming is very obviously deliberately trying to confuse people to think they are using GPT-4 via that project, when they actually end up not using GPT-4. And judging by the authors comments here on HN, they have no intention of stop misleading people like this either. So good riddance.
Not yet, but they're definitely working towards it.
https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=97733259&caseType=SERIAL_...
OpenAI have made ChatGPT freely available. They have opened up use of their models to regular people and developers. They have the most powerful LLM and it's open to use by anyone.
In addition, they work in the open. They accept the criticisms and continue to work in the open.
Also, FWIW, if they did a 360º on openness, they'd be going in the same direction. I think you mean 180º.
I don't think that's fair - I'd guess many (probably most) large, fully open source projects have trademarked their name/project to stop people using it for similar projects, scamming, and confusing users. GPT may have been a step too far for OpenAI but even the FSF agree on Trademarks:
Possibly not deliberately correct, but it is IMO correct.
Trademarks etc. are unavoidable, and also used by the Wikimedia Foundation, the Python Software Foundation, the Free Software Foundation, etc.
OpenAI can basically do whatever the hell they want here. I imagine there might be more favourable terms for the big kids. But for your average Joe, OpenAI makes basically no commitment. OpenAI aren’t trapped. Not even remotely. You’re basically buying something at the local swap meet. I imagine that the terms via Azure are effectively the same in this particular regard, though I do understand them to be different in other ways.