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Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

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I didn't know about this project. Thanks to the takedown notice I'll immediatelly clone it and start using it. Thank you OpenAI for playing a role in me finding an alternative!

It's been taken down, how can you clone it? Anyway if anybody has links to a mirror that'd be great. Still wondering why people don't self-host.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

#6

I didn't know about this project. Thanks to the takedown notice I'll immediatelly clone it and start using it. Thank you OpenAI for playing a role in me finding an alternative!

To be honest I don't think they care about it being alternative.

Just that people keep obnoxiously naming their projects after them for visibility.

Imo this is exactly how this kind of polite takedown should be used. If it highlighted it to you great because at least you know for sure it's not OpenAIs product.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

#7
Here is an interesting poem that the repo maintainer committed as a readme, incase anyone doesn't click the link:

    We got a takedown request by openai's legal team...

    here is a lil poem you can read in the meantime, while I am investigating it:

    A little boy sat, in his humble abode.
    He tinkered and toyed with devtools galore,
    And found himself curious, eager for more.

    He copy-pasted requests, with glee and delight,
    A personal project, to last him the night.
    For educational purposes, and fun it was too,
    This little boy's journey had just begun anew.

    Now far away, in a tower so grand,
    A big company stood, ruling the land.
    Their software was mighty, their power supreme,
    But they never expected this boy and his dream.

    As he played with their code, they started to fret,
    "What if he breaks it? What if we're upset?"
    They panicked and worried, their faces turned red,
    As visions of chaos danced in their head.

    The CEO paced in his office so wide,
    His minions all scurrying to hide.
    "Who is this child?" he cried out in fear,
    "Who dares to disrupt our digital sphere?"

    The developers gathered, their keyboards ablaze,
    To analyze the boy's mischievous ways.
    They studied his project, they pored through his code,
    And soon they discovered his humble abode.

    "We must stop him!" they cried with a shiver,
    "This little boy's making our company quiver!"
    So they plotted and schemed to halt his advance,
    To put an end to his digital dance.

    ( I did not write it )

    discord: https://discord.com/gpt4free

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

#9

I didn't know about this project. Thanks to the takedown notice I'll immediatelly clone it and start using it. Thank you OpenAI for playing a role in me finding an alternative!

To be honest I don't think they care about it being alternative. Just that people keep obnoxiously naming their projects after them for visibility. Imo this is exactly how this kind of polite takedown should be used. If it highlighted it to you great because at least you know for sure it's not OpenAIs product.

I suppose, since the substring "gpt4" is there. But, "generative pre-trained transformer -> gpt" seems fair game. Other companies use that acronym, so there's "EinsteinGPT", "BloombergGPT", etc.

Re: Gpt4free repo given takedown notice by OpenAI

#10

I didn't know about this project. Thanks to the takedown notice I'll immediatelly clone it and start using it. Thank you OpenAI for playing a role in me finding an alternative!

It's been taken down, how can you clone it? Anyway if anybody has links to a mirror that'd be great. Still wondering why people don't self-host.

It's still available, just cloned it.
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