Okay. That’s a cute fiction. But what do you think happens to OpenAI if they have to pay market rates for compute?

Like a company, a nonprofit should be willing to cease operations if that will further its mission more than not doing so.

And you really think that’s going to happen? How many non profits have you seen that are just as if not more power hungry than for profits — ie every religious organization.

Yeah, maybe it's not going to happen, and that's sad.

What happens to all the MS product based on GPT?

They continue building them with the perpetual license to the artifacts they have?

In theory, no. In practice, Microsoft wields influence through OpenAI's employees, who the board answers to in addition to the charter.

They aren't a non-profit, haven't been since 2019. They may market themselves as non-profit but they are in fact a for-profit corporation with a 100x return cap. Microsoft is currently their largest investor. Profit capped at 100x means microsoft expecting to get $1.3 trillion back on their $13 billion investment. The board ultimately answers to its investor and employee stakeholders since it isn't a non-profit.