Why do people conflate OpenAI with Microsoft? Microsoft has an investment in OpenAI and provides infrastructure for them, but they are separate organizations.
You can go down the rabbit hole if you want, but if you want only the most superficial glimpse of it then consider that OpenAI board member Will Hurd was a CIA undercover agent and also a representative in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and also he is a trustee of In-Q-Tel which is the private investment arm of the CIA.
Buddy, these guys are so far behind the times, they're constantly playing catch-up from 10-20 years ago.
Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, led a multi-year project to develop a national AI strategy, https://www.nscai.gov/
> The Final Report presents the NSCAI’s strategy for winning the artificial intelligence era. The 16 chapters explain the steps the United States must take to responsibly use AI for national security and defense, defend against AI threats, and promote AI innovation. The accompanying Blueprints for Action provide detailed plans for the U.S. Government to implement the recommendations.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/23/23567448/microsoft-openai...
Microsoft invested $10B, and get 75% of OpenAI’s profits until they receive $10B and _then_ they get their 49% stock certificate.
[0] https://www.semafor.com/article/01/09/2023/microsoft-eyes-10...
But if I do this in a stock context and buy 49% control of multiple companies over and over, with all the same obviousness of my intentional avoidance of the regulatory trigger, it's considered a smart move and pretty much the status quo.
Yes, the practice of law says Microsoft does not own openai. But it's also obvious what's going on when companies do this.