AFAIK the IP deal with Microsoft only covers development before AGI.
So at any point OpenAI could declare that a sufficient degree of AGI has been achieved and thus return to its philanthropic mission. With GPLed models and all.
However, at this point the employees expect a multi-million cash-out for each of them. So the philanthropic mission seems to be gone out the window.
And probably that’s also the way Sam Altman got back into the CEO role. By maximizing the expected eventual cash-out for the employees which threatened to leave otherwise.
So at any point OpenAI could declare that a sufficient degree of AGI has been achieved and thus return to its philanthropic mission. With GPLed models and all.
However, at this point the employees expect a multi-million cash-out for each of them. So the philanthropic mission seems to be gone out the window.
And probably that’s also the way Sam Altman got back into the CEO role. By maximizing the expected eventual cash-out for the employees which threatened to leave otherwise.