How government approved OpenAI's Sol model remains unclear

OpenAI's Sol model is rolling out publicly, but how it received government approval is opaque—even experts like Georgetown's CSET are unsure. Former Trump advisor Dean Ball, now at OpenAI, wrote that 'nobody knows what the requirements are to get licensed,' and Databricks co-founder Andy Konwinski said he's never spoken to anyone who understands the process.

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