OpenAI Applied Research Lead: 80-90% of Research Focused on GPT-7 and Beyond

OpenAI Applied Research Lead Boris Power stated that 80% to 90% of the company's research is now dedicated to GPT-7, GPT-8, and future models. Power noted that internal improvements to current-generation models are viewed as short-term efforts rather than a long-term strategy. The company's approach involves building large frontier models to serve as teacher models, which are then distilled into smaller, more cost-effective versions. Power emphasized that the primary challenge is not model performance, but rather a lack of user awareness regarding the capabilities of existing AI.