[capableweb]

I don't disagree with any of that, but if a project is started in response to something, and then you use their very name for a thing they launched, while not having anything to do with that thing, then that's a bit misleading for the users.

For example, if I don't like what Microsoft is doing with Windows and I name my own OS WindowsPro while it being a Linux distribution, I'm clearly trying to mislead people into believing it's something it's not.

[manyoso]

The front page was changed to state this is not affiliated with other popular internet based gpt's in first few sentences. I get why people are cynical but the project really is trying to do the right thing.

[umanwizard]

Doesn’t matter what the front page says, you’re still using the GPT4 name.

[manyoso]

Making things clear on the very first page that this is not chatgpt is not "actively trying to mislead people"

[meh8881]

Now serving Coca-Cola!*

*(not Coca-Cola)

[manyoso]

Except this isn't coca cola. This is a term of art that is widely used in the industry and a number. OpenAI is welcome to rebrand on something that isn't so generic.

[meh8881]

It widely used in the context of OpenAI’s model specifically. It is also a trademarked term.

[capableweb]

As long as the project is actively trying to mislead people with a incorrect project name, I don't see it as them doing the right thing.

[manyoso]

But we aren't actively trying that is why the frontpage was updated to respond to exactly this criticism. There is no active deception going on here. You don't like the name, that's fine, but it clearly states it isn't affiliated.

[capableweb]

The website domain is still gpt4all.io, the project is still named "GPT4All Chat" and the GitHub project's title is "gpt4all-chat". Not sure how that is responding to the criticism that the project name is misleading. It's not that I don't like the name, is that it seems you're trying to make people believe the project is something it's not.

[ipaddr]

OpenAI mislead people. Where do you draw the line?

[capableweb]

Yes, OpenAI's name is also misleading. When they moved from doing Open Source, Open research and being non-profit, they should have changed the name as it's no longer accurate.

[wongarsu]

OpenAI is on the wrong side of that line. That doesn't mean this project has to also do that.

[manyoso]

People affiliated with openai have privately stated they are appreciative of this project.