>For those claiming OpenAI is for profit: Why would OpenAI do this if they were fixated on making money?

Silicon Valley companies have for the past 25 years focused on getting as many users as possible to increase valuation in the hope of getting a $100 billion exit. They don't care about current or near future profitability.

However I agree that OpenAI is getting far too much hate. Their goal of bringing openness to AI made sense in 2015 when one American company (Google) was dominating the field.

However now there are plenty of other companies, countries and open source organizations doing advanced AI research.