Seems obvious that this is first and foremost about protecting OpenAI. It's a shame it isn't simply done with with a few strong disclaimers "Open AI is not liable for the accuracy or use of information produced by the model etc etc", but maybe lobotomizing the public models let's them sell the full version privately to big companies at a premium
The whole thing feels much more about protecting OpenAI from lawsuits and building up hype about how advanced their "AI" is than it does about actually keeping the world safer.
* Or any other censored activity.