It might be less confusing if you consider that OpenAI was originally a non-profit. That it was even possible for them to end up in this state has massively und

It might be less confusing if you consider that OpenAI was originally a non-profit. That it was even possible for them to end up in this state has massively undermined any trust I have in non-profits as a steward. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3naz/openai-is-now-everything-it-promised-not-to-be-corporate-closed-source-and-for-profit https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3naz/openai-is-now-everyth... > OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a nonprofit research organization by Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, among other tech leaders. In its founding statement, the company declared its commitment to research “to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return.” The blog stated that “since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact,” and that all researchers would be encouraged to share "papers, blog posts, or code, and our patents (if any) will be shared with the world." > By March 2019, OpenAI shed its non-profit status and set up a “capped profit” sector, in which the company could now receive investments and would provide investors with profit capped at 100 times their investment.