You mean destroy the rubble that's currently left in the offices of the company formerly known as OpenAI? If 500-750 key employees have departed to a competitor, what's left to protect?
Yeah, it would 80% be a "fuck you" move, but the other 20% would represent a pivot to an "open source" model like the name once implied
See also https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1726598360277356775 which was merged into that discussion above
Or they would be triggering a billion-dollar lawsuit that would surely bankrupt the company.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38349969
Even if there isn't anything explicit, there may be an implicit promise that a strategic partner won't share all the company secrets with the partner's competitors.