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Similarly, Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president, has been on extended leave amid this change, raising further questions about internal cohesion and strategic focus. With major founders no longer at the helm and the company morphing into a profit-centric enterprise, it appears that OpenAI’s original altruistic mission may be taking a backseat.
Financial and Strategic Motives
One plausible explanation for these rapid changes is financial sustainability. Operating a cutting-edge AI platform like ChatGPT incurs massive costs—upwards of $700,000 daily just to run prompts. Maintaining a nonprofit model under such financial pressures could be challenging, prompting the shift toward profit-focused structures.