They wrote the concealment down
Meta × LibGen
Training on available books is fair use, and we were careful not to seed.
A dataset we know to be pirated — in no case would we disclose that.
paper trailMeta · 2023–2025
Open roomRooms
Ten featured divergences. A room is one organization or episode, three to twelve pairs, and a setup — not a mailbox.
Rename the data, rename the Slack
OpenAI × Books1/Books2
Today’s ChatGPT was not trained on those datasets.
Libgen1/2 became Books1/2; excise-libgen became project-clear.
renameOpenAI · 2018–2025
Open roomThe only pair that has been counted
Exxon / Shell climate
The science is uncertain; action would be premature.
There is general scientific agreement — plan for it.
advertorialExxon / Shell · 1977–2004
Open roomOur values, after the family test
Boeing 737 MAX
The MAX is safe; these messages do not reflect who we are.
Would you put your family on it? I wouldn’t.
safety theaterBoeing · 2015–2020
Open roomTestimony versus Workplace research
Instagram teens
Instagram is helpful for most teens; the research is complicated.
We make body-image issues worse for one in three teen girls.
paper trailMeta · 2008–2021
Open roomPlatform mythology versus Greyball
Uber Files
A technology platform; we work with cities in good faith.
Greyball the officials. Kill the database. The candidate is Uber.
euphemismUber · 2013–2017
Open roomWe compete for talent — plus a smiley
Jobs / Schmidt no-poach
We compete fiercely for the best people.
Stop recruiting from Apple. :)
paper trailApple / Google · 2005–2010
Open roomDestiny versus demo-mode
Theranos texts
A full lab from a tiny drop of blood.
The demo and the production machine were different rooms.
safety theaterTheranos · 2013–2018
Open roomHumanity, and a cap table
OpenAI founding mail
A nonprofit, so that AGI benefits humanity.
Tech belongs to the world — and startup-like compensation if it works.
mission splitOpenAI · 2015–2024
Open roomAddiction as a messaging constraint
Purdue / Sackler
Addiction is rare. The crisis is abuse.
Play down the risks. Hammer on the abusers.
euphemismPurdue · 1996–2019
Open room