Ex-OpenAI employees sign open letter to California AG: For-profit pivot poses ‘palpable threat’ to nonprofit mission

More than 30 senior experts – including nine former employees of Openai – urged California and Dillauir general attorneys to interfere in the proposed restructuring of Openai, which would allow the company to purchase itself under its non -profit control. In an open speech, they warn that this step will eliminate the guarantees of the main governance and endanger the founding task of Openai to ensure that artificial public intelligence (AGI) benefits all humanity.

The group, which also includes “Godfather” Geoffrey Hinton, presented a researcher and chief ethics scientists, Margaret Mitchell, and Stoyart Russell, a professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley, in spreading the open thesis today on a web site called “No to make special gains and participated in the OpenAi Board of Directors.

The message comes less than two weeks after the request of twelve former employees in Openai from the Federal judge to obtain permission from the case in the Elon Musk case against Sam Altman and the company. Harvard Lawrence Lesij law, who also signed the new open letter, presented the proposal on behalf of the former employees, who were accused by Openai’s Amekos summary of abandoning his non -profit roots and betraying the task that originally attracted them to the organization.

The two sites include the letter of many former Openai employees who also form part of the Amicus-Steven Adler, Jacob Hilton, Daniel Kokotajlo, Gritchen Krueger and Girish Sastry-as well as former researchers at Openai Scott Aaronson, Ryan Lowe, Nisan Stiennon, and Anonisal.

Openai is currently the increasing navigation around its efforts to escape the control of non -profit organizations. The restructuring must be completed by the end of the year to secure a full -term financing round worth $ 40 billion led by Softbank, which was completed in March. It is worth noting that the approval of the California Public Prosecutor Rob Punta to implement her plan. Punta oversees the state’s charitable organizations to ensure the use of its assets according to its original charitable purposes. It also requires approval from the public prosecutor in Dilayer, because Openai was combined as a non -profit organization in Dilayer (Openai, Inc.), which it owns and controls in the open arm, LLC).

Other groups publicly commented on Openai’s restructuring: two weeks ago, an alliance of non -profit organizations in California, institutions and working groups in California Rob Punta urged to stop Openai’s efforts – with a focus on ensuring that non -profit organizations receive the value of the fair market of assets that surrender. However, the group that brings the new open message focuses on the main issue of whether restructuring, which will abandon control of monitoring the development of artificial general intelligence, or AGI, will benefit the original profit task

In the open message, the signatories argue that removing non -profit control over how AGI is being developed and governed by “will violate the special credit due to the beneficiaries of non -profit” and “pose a clear and specific threat” to Openai for the charitable purpose – which contradicts the certificate ” [of Incorporation]”

They warn that the proposed restructuring will strip the California and Dillauer lawyer for their current strength, undermining their ability to “protect the beneficiaries of Openai: the public.”

To protect the public interest, the regulatory discourse urges to stop restructuring, demand transparency, and ensure non -profitability – which leads to the fact that the leadership of Openai itself emphasized the importance of guarantees of governance in 2023 to ensure that it focuses on this [its] Long -term task. “

In response to the comment request, an Openai spokesman participated in the following statement: “Our board of directors was very clear: our non -profit organization will be strengthened and there will be any changes to our current structure in the service of ensuring that the broader audience can benefit from artificial intelligence. Ensure that with the success of profit and growth, non -profit organizations also allow us to achieve the task.”

A spokesman for the non-profit committee that was launched recently from Openai, which will reach the charitable efforts of the future company, said, “Increasing the impact of individuals and organizations that depend on the task that addresses critical global challenges-from health and education to public service and scientific discovery. We look forward to building on our work with their lawyers.”

This story was originally appeared on Fortune.com

2025-04-23 14:08:00