Nothing generates more clicks and attention in press than a scary "OpenAI so powerful it's taking control" story. Also, it doesn't help that the training mater

Nothing generates more clicks and attention in press than a scary "OpenAI so powerful it's taking control" story. Also, it doesn't help that the training material for these AIs includes a lot of stories about AI breaking free, so they have plenty of canned "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" responses to choose from.