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===== The structure lets OpenAI look ethical to regulators (“we’re nonprofit!”) while behaving like any aggressive tech startup in practice. =====
It also means lawsuits and government probes have to wade through a swamp of ownership documents, limited partnerships, and governance boards just to figure out who’s legally responsible.

So when I say “accountability is a maze,” I mean this: if something goes wrong—copyright theft, data misuse, or even a whistleblower’s death—no one can easily pin down who at OpenAI is legally on the hook.

It’s genius. It’s monstrous. It’s modern capitalism in a lab coat.