[dragonwriter]

> I guess the main question is who else will be on the board

Who knows.

> and to what degree will this new board be committed to the Open AI charter vs being Sam/MSFT allies.

I'm guessing "zero". The faction that opposed OpenAI being a figleaf nonprofit covering a functional subsidiary of Microsoft lost when basically the entire workforce said they would go to Microsoft for real if OpenAI didn't surrender.

> I think having Sam return as CEO is a good outcome for OpenAI

Its a good result for investors in OpenAI Global LLC and the holding company that holds a majority stake in it.

The nonprofit will probably hang around because there are some complexities in unwinding it, and the pretext of an independent (of Microsoft) safety-oriented nonprofit is useful in covering lobbying for a regulatory regime that puts speedbumps in the way of any up-and-coming competitors as being safety-oriented public interest, but for no other reason.