[kingkongjaffa]

Because the subtext is the cyberwarfare and military applications - "look how dangerous my AI is, now I can use it vanquish my enemies!"

[Cherryontop11]

It's more: ""look how dangerous my AI is, now restrict and block access to open source models and use only mine!"

[jackb4040]

All of the leaders of this industry are steeped in LessWrong thought and effective accelerationism and stories like Roko's Basilisk. It shouldn't come as a surprise that this is the narrative they ended up constructing.