Well, originally, OpenAI wasn't supposed to be that kind of organization.
But if you leave someone in the tech industry of SV/SF long enough, they'll start to get high on their own supply and think they're entitled to insane amounts of value, so...
It's because they're the ones who could raise the money to make those models. Academics don't have access to that kind of compute. But the free models exist.
But if you leave someone in the tech industry of SV/SF long enough, they'll start to get high on their own supply and think they're entitled to insane amounts of value, so...