I'm not sure a government can bail out these irrational companies and have it not be political suicide.

I'd kill my political career for the private sector rewards sure to follow.

Those companies are already roundly hated by the general voting public, so I agree.

There's one problem with the idea of a bailout. What comes after?

Say, for the sake of argument, that the US government bails out OpenAI. Are they now suddenly not a money-burning operation anymore that will need another bail out in a period better measured in weeks?

The thing is just very unsustainable.