I've smelt the sweet scent of anticompetitive back-room dealing around OpenAI ever since they and Microsoft started forcing people to apply for access to the APIs and including telling them what the use case they were going to use it was.
It just seemed obvious that if anyone suggested a use case that was actually really high value MS would just take the idea, run with it for a month or two to see if it has legs, and then steal it if it actually worked.
All while you're waiting in the queue to have your idea validated as "safe".
Meanwhile Sam Altman was on a worldwide press tour repeatedly saying that their mission is to “democratise” AI. They’re actually doing the exact opposite: gatekeeping, building moats, and seeking legislation to entrench a monopoly position.
It just seemed obvious that if anyone suggested a use case that was actually really high value MS would just take the idea, run with it for a month or two to see if it has legs, and then steal it if it actually worked.
All while you're waiting in the queue to have your idea validated as "safe".