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by janmo 1141 days ago
A bit off topic but you better change the name and remove the GPT. OpenAI is claiming AI products that are using GPT in their name are causing confusion and is sending legal threats now.

One of many examples: https://twitter.com/pbteja1998/status/1654095756200931328

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Can you really use this acronym as a trademark?

They say "mark" and not "trademark" in this takedown notice probably for a reason - because they can't call it a trademark and it's not enforceable?

If somebody creates ClosedAI company with product called ChatLLM, does it mean they can start sending takedown notices to everybody left and right who is using "LLM" in their name?

> If somebody creates ClosedAI company with product called ChatLLM, does it mean they can start sending takedown notices to everybody left and right who is using "LLM" in their name?

Those things are nothing alike.

GPT is a very specific family of models, all created by OpenAI. The copy-cats came after OpenAI released those models, specifically to point out similarities with the OpenAI-created models.

LLM is a generic term and cannot be trademarked.

You can trademark "Coca Cola", but you can't trademark "Cola" or "Soda".

No they are not all created by ClosedAI, ie. GPT-J and GPT-NeoX was created by EleutherAI.

If LLM is pizza then GPT is ie. thin crust pizza.

ps. it's funny how quickly they went from open ai research to prosecuting project for using gpt acronym while pumping money and doing exclusive deals with mega corp - the very thing they were suppose to protect us from.

According to Wikipedia, "GPT" originated with OpenAI: "The concept and first such model were introduced in 2018 by the American artificial intelligence organization OpenAI"
OpenAI really ought to change their name to something more appropriate... It's getting to the point where it almost comes off as doublethink.
I appreciate the feedback. I didn't realize they were acting on it. Would Rasa-LLM sound as compelling?
Yes it sounds better and less confusing.
Other good alternatives may include:

* KnowsItAllKaren

* GeniusJack

* GuruGary

* BotBecky

* ChatterBoxChantelle

* SmartypantsSam

I call dibbs on 'SmartyPantsSam'
lol @ knowsitallkaren. i smell a winner.
Is it a GPT?
It itself is not a GPT. It is a a framework of a framework project built on top of Rasa (https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa) and Langchain which by default uses gpt3.5-turbo (change it in the .env file) or any foundation model you wish.