It's less about engineering ability. For sure, OpenAI has phenomenal technical talent, but large tech co's do too, and in fact, many of them have internal developments that match (maybe exceed) GPT3 / ChatGPT.
It's more about organizational bureaucracy, innovator's dilemma, organizational priority, risk tolerance given the scrutiny they're under, etc.
It's more about organizational bureaucracy, innovator's dilemma, organizational priority, risk tolerance given the scrutiny they're under, etc.