[osti]

I think this is them not being confident enough before the event, so they don't wanna be shown a worse result than competitors. By being private they can obviously not publish anything if it didn't work out.

[esafak]

They shot themselves in the foot by not showing the confidence that Google did.

[ml-anon]

As not-so-subtly hinted at by Terry Tao.

Its a great way to do PR but its a garbage way to to science.

[osti]

True, but openai definitely isn't trying to do public research on science, they are all about money now.

[ml-anon]

Thats not a contentious statement. Its still a pathetic way to behave at a kids competition no less.