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Most of the people they hired were to work for OpenAI.com which was a pure profit-driven tech company just like any other (and funded by Microsoft). Those who joined the original OpenAI (including its independent board members) were driven by different motivations more in line with research and discovery.

>>insane+(OP)
This is my point

In a political direct action context a really effective way to take over an organization from the inside is called “salting.”

I believe that’s what Altman very effectively did and while a few people called it out at the time, Altman was able to realign the org by amplifying and then exploiting everyones greed.