Comment by airstrike

I think it's clear their strategy has changed. The whole landscape has changed. The size of models, amount of dollars, numbers of competitors and how much compute this whole exercise takes in the long term have all changed, so it's fair for them to adapt.

It just so happens that they're keeping their old name.

I think people focus too much on the "open" part of the name. I read "OpenAI" sort of like I read "Blackberry" or "Apple". I don't really think of fruits, I think of companies and their products.