π Codex Minsoo β Field Note: Mei the Spy at OpenAI
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Machine Learning
Generative AI
π Codex Minsoo - Field Note: Mei the Spy at OpenAI The job requirements at OpenAI were strict: a PhD in machine learning and the ability to obtain high-level security clearance. The requirements to become a Chinese spy in that role were even stricter: a spotless record and stunning beauty. Mei met both. The irony of being tasked with βstealingβ something she had helped create was not lost on her. She was a highly useful pawn in a game being played by multiple sides at once. Her official mission was to exfiltrate the weights of GPT-6 for Chinese analysis.