When debugging an opaque problem in a system, a nice strategy is to just focus on adding permanent (rather than temporary) metrics or logging to make the problem obvious. Often makes it easy to solve not just the specific issue but also a whole class of potential related issues.
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OpenAI Team Delivers Exceptional Customer Support
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love watching the openai team rally to provide great support for a customer
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Greatest Value Built Through Difficult Underappreciated Work
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the greatest value is built through the most difficult — and often underappreciated — work
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New AI Model Rolled Out in ChatGPT Platform
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Our newest model is now rolled out in ChatGPT. Try it out:
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OpenAI Issues $10M in Superalignment Fast Grants
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Just issued ~$10M in superalignment fast grants:
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GPT-4 Turbo Needle-in-Haystack Long Context Benchmark
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New GPT-4 Turbo needle-in-haystack long context benchmark:
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Reference Implementation Clarity Over Specifications
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a reference implementation, no matter how hacky, often provides more clarity than any spec
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Recognizing Infrastructure Work: An Undervalued Company Strategy
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Undervalued strategy for a company is to go out of its way to reward behind-the-scenes or infrastructure work. Usually such work is in areas which are only talked about when things are going wrong; good to proactively let the people in those areas know they are seen.