Reminds me of an early rumor back when Sam Altman was fired (and briefly re-hired) that the old board allegedly was very much against the GPT store.
I kind of get why now. It arguably doesn't really aid in the non-profit's mission to pursue AGI, or share the benefits of AI with humanity, or any of that stuff. Doesn't even seem to be much of a worthwhile endeavor from a purely money-making perspective either.
Yeah, but does it matter? Most of their revenue comes from enterprise clients and it seems more likely that someone is going to create a killer app for AI by leveraging APIs and publishing their work on traditional distribution channels rather than creating something that only works on a relatively niche platform.
Like, hypothetically, if Anthropic took the lead in this effort, I don't think it would derail OpenAI's plans in the slightest.
I kind of get why now. It arguably doesn't really aid in the non-profit's mission to pursue AGI, or share the benefits of AI with humanity, or any of that stuff. Doesn't even seem to be much of a worthwhile endeavor from a purely money-making perspective either.