Former Openy employee signs open letter to California AG: For-Profit Pivot “obvious threat” to non-profit mission
More than 30 top experts, including nine former Openai employees, have urged California and Delaware attorneys generals to intervene in the proposed restructuring of Open Ally, which will allow them to purchase themselves from the control of nonprofits. in Open letter, They warn that the move will eliminate key governance safeguards and put Openai’s founding mission at risk.
The group also includes AI’s “Godfather” Jeffrey Hinton, including Margaret Mitchell, a researcher and chief ethics scientist at Faith, and Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science in Berkeley, California. Not for personal gain He also shared a letter with Openai’s nonprofit committee.
The letter will come within two weeks of 12 former Openai employees I asked A federal judge who gets permission to consider Elon Musk’s case against Sam Altman and the company. Professor Lawrence Lessag, Harvard University, also signed a new open letter, filed the complaint on behalf of Exexporise. Accuses Openai of abandoning its non-profit roots And they betray the mission that originally attracted them to the organization.
The letter’s signatories include several former Openay employees who are also part of the Amikos Brief. Stephen Adler, Jacob HiltonDaniel Cocotaillo, Gretchen Kruger, Gilish Sustry – former Open researchers Scott Arson, Ryan Lowe, Nisan Stienon and Anish Tondwarker.
Openai is currently surveillance focusing on efforts to escape control of nonprofits. The restructuring must be completed by the end of the year to secure a $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, which was completed in March. In particular, approval is required to implement California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s plan. Bonta oversees state charities to ensure that the assets are used in accordance with their original charity purposes. It also requires approval from the Delaware Attorney General. This is because it is incorporated as a Delaware nonprofit (Openai, Inc.) to own and manage the Delaware (Openai, Inc.) nonprofit (Openai Global, LLC).
Other groups have publicly commented on Openai’s reorganization. Two weeks ago, a coalition of nonprofits, foundations and labor groups in California I was urged California Attorney General Rob Bonta will halt open efforts, focusing on ensuring that nonprofits receive fair market value for assets they abandon. However, the group bringing new open letters focuses on the fundamental issues of reorganization that give up control over monitoring the development of artificial general information.
In the open letter, the signatories allegedly abolishing that removing nonprofit controls about how AGI is developed and governed “violates the special fiduciary duty owed to the nonprofit’s beneficiaries,” and “subjects a palpable and identifiable threat” to open charitable purposes, “despite the certificate” (opposed to the certificate).
They warn that the proposed restructuring would strip California and Delaware attorney generals of current surveillance powers, undermining their ability to protect “Openai Beneficiaries: the masses.”
To protect the public interest, the letter urges regulators to stop restructuring, demand transparency, and to encourage nonprofits to maintain control. In 2023, we accept that we emphasized the importance of these governance safeguards in 2023, “ensure that the focus remains on long-term missions.”
Upon requesting comment, an Openai spokesman shared the following statement: “Our board is very clear. We guarantee that our nonprofits will be strengthened and changes to existing structures can benefit from AI. Make sure that as our for-profits succeed and grow, our nonprofits will grow and achieve our mission.”
The spokesman also mentioned Openai’s recently announced nonprofit committee that informs the company’s future philanthropy, “maximizing the impact on people and mission-driven organizations” that will affect future philanthropy, from “health and education” to public services and scientific discoveries.
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