ChatGPT and API access came from OpenAI developing ideas and then realizing that other people could discover unforeseen use cases, so rather than prescribing specific applications (medical, legal, etc.), OpenAI released tools and let the market find applications.

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Greg Brockman

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We spent a couple months just writing down all the different ideas that we could work on...And so we were like, 'you know what, maybe other people can figure out how to use this technology.'

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Sam Altman and Greg Brockman on AI and the Future (Full Audio)Reid Hoffman
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:25:17 PM

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