[nequo]

> if a competitor pays more down the line

Unless competition gets regulated away, which Altman is advocating for:

  he supported the creation of a federal agency that can grant licenses to create AI models above a certain threshold of capabilities, and can also revoke those licenses if the models don't meet safety guidelines set by the government.

https://time.com/6280372/sam-altman-chatgpt-regulate-ai/

[TheCoelacanth]

Competing marketer, not competing AI company.

[nequo]

You are right. As usual, having an opinion on the internet is hard.