I don't know how they square this circle. OpenAI was established under
the same/similar concepts as Open Source initiative - non-commercial.
But then they got so much money, they had to (I guess?) set up a
commercial subsidiary. I would think of this similar to a 'commercial'
arm to a uni here, or any other non-profit that uses the earned income
to put back into the operation of the business and NOT distribute to
'investors' (they don't have shareholders I don't think, but they do
have investors - e.g. Microsoft and others). The investors are
supposedly supporting the original concept of the non-profit to develop
and distribute these tools.
To be true to their charter, the board would need to stay altruistic,
NOT commercial. And that's where they get into a dilemma with where
Altman and Microsoft appear to be going - profit. Those are two nearly
opposite philosophies.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/21/microsoft-ceo-nadella-openai-altman
No one has talked about this: who owns the IP? That will likely be
fought out in court at some point.
Does anyone know the answer to this question?
Jan
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