[zarkenfrood]

Google are taking the time to make sure that there is not much that comes back. With being the incumbent leader comes the greater risks of regulatory problems an reputational damage. OpenAI get something wrong is annoying Google do it and it damages the business much more significantly. They will attract regulator scrutiny far harder than other operators will.

[klibertp]

I guess that's also the reason why OpenAI is MS's in 49% and not 51%. Seems like a tried and true strategy.