Disappearance of the New and Powerful Chatbot: A Technical Analysis
Mysterious gpt2-chatbot
A mysterious new chatbot called “gpt2-chatbot” caught everyone’s attention this week after appearing on a major language model benchmarking site, LMSYSOrg. No one knows where it came from, but many believe it has similar capabilities to OpenAI’s GPT-4. This puts gpt2-chatbot in a rare class of AI models that only a few developers worldwide have been able to achieve.
Disappearance of gpt2-chatbot
Just as gpt2-chatbot was gaining momentum, it mysteriously disappeared with little explanation on Tuesday afternoon. A notice on the LMSYS site reads “gpt2-chatbot is currently not available.” Short messages direct users to their site, which states that AI model providers can withdraw anonymous models at any time, or once a model receives enough votes.
Testing gpt2-chatbot
Previously, you could test the gpt2-chatbot chatbot yourself on . It was available in “Direct Chat” or “Arena (side by side)” in the drop-down menu. LMSYS Org says on their that certain AI model developers can test unreleased anonymous models before a wider release. This has led many to believe gpt2-chatbot is an anonymous model from a major AI developer.
