They didn't have a problem that needed the AI to help. Unless the problem was "how do I get free advertising?". This other comment has the timestamp and video (https://sh.itjust.works/comment/17839497), and the judge specifically says that the defendant has been in that court many times before, and now that they have an AI business, suddenly they have a problem and need the AI, without informing the court of the "need" for such a tool.
I think it's because marketing is expensive and marketing people know that corporations have money to throw at them, and the moment they lower their prices for a FOSS project, they might not get their old revenue when working for a company that can definitely pay what they ask.
We need some sort of FOSM (Free and Open Source Marketing) that helps FOSS projects based on some sort of queue and whoever has recent changes that needs marketing.
I highly doubt some of these rich fucks would pass up an opportunity to put ads straight into people's brains.