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OpenAI as we knew it is dead: Why the AI giant went for-profit | Vox

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The maker of ChatGPT promised to share its profits with the public. But Sam Altman just sold you out. by Sigal Samuel OpenAI, the company that brought you ChatGPT, just sold you out. Since its founding in 2015, its leaders have said their top priority is making sure artificial intelligence is developed safely and beneficially. They’ve touted the company’s unusual corporate structure as a way of proving the purity of its motives. OpenAI was a nonprofit controlled not by its CEO or by its shareholders, but by a board with a single mission: keep humanity safe. But this week, the news broke that OpenAI will no longer be controlled by the nonprofit board. OpenAI is turning into a full-fledged for-profit benefit corporation. Oh, and CEO Sam Altman, who had previously emphasized that he didn’t have any equity in the company, will now get equity worth billions, in addition to ultimate control over OpenAI. In an announcement that hardly seems coincidental, chief technology officer Mira Murati s

Future Perfect OpenAI as we knew it is dead The maker of ChatGPT promised to share its profits with the public. But Sam Altman just sold you out. by Sigal Samuel Sep 26, 2024, 9:01 PM UTC Sam Altman. Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images Part Of The rapid development of AI has benefits — and poses serious risks see all updates Sigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor a

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