Real explanation: Google turned into a company of activists who spend 50% of their time with politics. Additionally, part of the company are second class citizens (exercise for the reader).
OpenAI had many Europeans like Sutskever who presumably were still allowed to focus on work.
I know many people at Google, none of whom I would call an “activist”. They all describe Google as overly bureaucratic. They just happen to be sitting on a money printer internet monopoly.
OpenAI had many Europeans like Sutskever who presumably were still allowed to focus on work.