[Edit: though it does seem like going back to thread re-again it seems that even reuters and Theinformation have reported on it, I wonder who got the news first and was the information leaked or what exactly, again I can't find much non-paywalled information and this bloomberg is paywalled as well :-(( ]
How was it leaked to the press and to which press exactly if I may ask, I suppose the Somebody person (or even the PR dept?) that you mention must be Anonymous right?
And what was the overall plan of OpenAI/Sama if it wasn't leaked, to continue on with discussions with the govt. behind closed doors? Could that be a reason why Sama and dario (iirc) around the same time, stopped fear-mongering about job-losses because previously they were both "fearmaxxing" everybody about job-security and other factors like the economy and asking for regulation.
I wonder how internally the company is feeling... Also if two companies are being asked (OAI/Anthropic) then I guess Google must be informed as well and so can we anticipate a leak from Google coming forward as well?
You are looking for a conspiracy where there is none. For all practical purposes telling something to most of your employees is telling it to the world.
Which is why in most public companies, first you send the press release (to the news outlets, investors), and only AFTER you tell the employees.
Sam Altman deciding to tell it to the employees is the same as him deciding to tell it to the whole world, and he was well aware.
It was already rumored that Google is delaying releasing Gemini 3.5 Pro, supposedly because its not as good as they wanted. But maybe its because of Mythos level security capabilities.