[HN Gopher] OpenAI can stop pretending
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       OpenAI can stop pretending
        
       Author : kmdupree
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2025-06-01 20:47 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theatlantic.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theatlantic.com)
        
       | mitchbob wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/2025.05.30-140519/https://www.theatlantic...
        
       | Moosdijk wrote:
       | If you're interested in a more detailed explanation, give the
       | podcast "better offline" a listen.
        
       | wand3r wrote:
       | I guess we reached the preference cascade where the media can
       | finally report on the obvious thing basically everyone has known
       | and thought all along. OpenAI the ethical open source mission
       | driven non-profit is actually......a closed source highly
       | capitalistic company pursuing nearly the exact opposite mission
       | it was founded on.
        
         | mrep wrote:
         | Hey, the "only" sold 49% of their company to one of the tech
         | giants and have "promised" to cap profits at 10x...
        
       | neilv wrote:
       | > _A nonprofit arm would still exist, though it would separately
       | pursue "charitable initiatives"--and it would not have any say
       | over the actions of the for-profit, which would convert into a
       | public-benefit corporation, or PBC. Corporate backers appeared
       | satisfied: [...]_
       | 
       | Dark humor.
        
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