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A black box model, a subscription fee for API access and an exclusive licensing deal with Microsoft doesn't sound very open

I mean, you can make a better argument for Windows being "open". Available to a much broader section of society, as an installable product not API privileges that can be withdrawn, and a lot more of what's under the hood is exposed, documented and moddable.

But they keep their models secret. How is that "making AI available to a broad section of society"?

“Through licensing!”

I don't know what their mission used to be, but now their website says "Our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." -- quite a bit difference than access!