OpenAI's largest pre-training project in history, 'Doug,' confirmed by SemiAnalysis: Pre-training issues have been resolved, Doug is moving forward and expected to launch by November at the latest. Its capabilities might make Anthropic's Fable look 'primitive.' Over the past two years, OpenAI has mainly relied on fine-tuning + RL to push performance, but Doug signifies a restart of large-scale foundational scaling. Hardware demands are exploding. Before this, the chips weren't in your hands—this is crucial for institutions.