That would be the worst timeline. This shakeup has me 1% hopeful OpenAI will actually return to being a non-profit in spirit, not just name.

A company owned by a nonprofit isn't that rare - big European companies like IKEA and Novo Nordisk did it. Of course, they did it for tax evasion.

what would the role and deliverable of the non-profit be though? so far they innovated, shipped fast, cut costs and sold plus subscriptions and dev apis for personal and enterprise use. and to be fair i really liked using their apis. so how would them being fully non-profit look like even? genuinely curious.

I can imagine many worse timelines.

And then rename it ProfitAI, so as to satisfy all of the "Open" nay-sayers?

Just call it "Foundation".

In all seriousness, FoundationAI sounds pretty good.

For lack there of, PsychohistoryAI it is!

RIP: AlignmentAI

Drop the "AI", it's cleaner.

Agreed, but how will the investor class understand what to invest in?

Oh, I get it now, Foundation.ai

that's what sama is for

Yeah. You are correct.

Would love some commercial fusion power plants on the side as well please.

AI-Qaeda

How exactly would that happen? It’s a non profit that owns a staggeringly valuable piece of IP.

Do you understand that this is conceptually the same thing as the directors of a public art museum deciding to just take millions of dollars of paintings for themselves?

How? The board appoint new members and resign. The new board votes to turn it into a C corp.

Who owns the shares?