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Fortunately everyone who gave OpenAI money did it to further their stated mission of bettering humanity, and not for the chance at any financial gain.


At one time they were nonprofit by choice. Now they are nonprofit not by choice.


I am very doubtful that is why MS gave them so much.


I suspect (and hope) that this is a satirization of the claims about OpenAI's nonprofit goals and complicated legal structure


Indeed those donors must be elated.




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