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Your comment reads to me (someone in the field) like it is informed just by reading popular articles on the topic since 2022. The "Google memo" should basically have no impact on how you are thinking about these things, imo.

The field is taking massive steps backward in just the last year when it comes to open science.

> And the various "Model cards" are not really in depth research but rather cursory looks at model output

Because they are no longer releasing any details! Not because there hasn't been any progress in the last year.