For much of the past year, OpenAI has been pushing ahead with a complicated effort to turn itself from a nonprofit into a more conventional moneymaking business that would be more appealing to investors — and doing so over heated objections from former employees,

Boss Sam Altman said OpenAI would remain under the control of its for-profit board, while becoming what is known in the US as a public benefit corporation. Mr Altman had put forward a similar plan in December - but without clarifying the control of the non-profit.

After months spent pursuing a plan to convert itself into a for-profit business, OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the company that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products.