I don’t understand: Quora is and, except maybe briefly in its early existence when it inexplicably attracted actual experts, always has been garbage marginally superior to Yahoo! Answers. Today the site is basically a Taboola chumbox. Why would OpenAI want to be associated with the people who created it?
money
Conflicts of interests aren't a problem. As long as they are disclosed and boards deal with them.
It's been one of the most frustrating things about this openai thing, learning how many people automatically think conflict of interest = bad.
The diplomacy here reads like a carefully prepared company press release.