OpenAI plans to launch its next model, Orion, by December, initially granting access to select companies for product development before wider release. Engineers at Microsoft are preparing to host Orion on Azure, potentially making it 100 times more powerful than GPT-4, with the goal of eventually achieving artificial general intelligence. The release coincides with OpenAI’s restructuring as a for-profit entity and significant staff turnover, including the departure of key executives.
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