You can make money with open-source. It is a development and business methodology that people can make. Several early investors and venture capitalists might consider it a not ideal choice. Sure, it has it is pros and cons, but on the other hand people invested in FTX so people are biased.

Disclaimer: I do work for a non-profit working in open-source and I am biased.

> company that wants to make money (for example through GPT-3 API calls).

Right.

> Historically, OpenAI has also been concerned that their SOTA models could be threatening to the world if released.

That was clearly marketing spin. Just like the word “Open” in their name.