[cma]

> write code to fit a machine learning model

That's against the EULA if OpenAI may want to make a similar model:

> (iii) use the Services to develop foundation models or other large scale models that compete with OpenAI;

https://openai.com/api/policies/terms/

Seems to be about developing models and not just restricting you from training them with it.

[echelon]

> (iii) use the Services to develop foundation models or other large scale models that compete with OpenAI;

Kind of ironic given that OpenAI builds and trains all of their models on stuff they "found" in the open.

Either everything is fair game for training, or nothing at all is.

If I were a judge ruling on this matter, I would absolutely rule that bootstrapping a model from OpenAI outputs is no different than OpenAI collecting training data from artists and writers around the web. Learning is learning.

Might be worth trying to use the outputs to bootstrap. What are they going to do about it? Better to ask forgiveness until the law is settled.

[nerdponx]

I am talking about more mundane stuff like training a fraud classifier, time series forecasting, imputing missing values, etc. There are so many examples of this on Github and elsewhere that I am sure any of these models has memorized the routine many times over.

[foota]

I feel like it's probably intended to cover training only.

[paulgb]

I think that’s probably their intent, and that OpenAI wouldn’t sue you for it, but it doesn’t pass the “bought by Oracle” test: if Oracle bought OpenAI, then they might sue you for it.

[tough]

What if OpenAI buys oracle? Do the evil-lawyers come with the pack too?

[alex7734]

https://i.imgur.com/BcIkvRq.png

They may not need to.