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Sam Altman getting unusually humble here. He openly admits they messed up writing quality and that GPT-4.5 is still unmatched. The big bet went into raw intelligence, reasoning, coding, engineering. Writing took the hit. The hope now is clear: replicate GPT-4.5 level writing, because great writing equals clear thinking....

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