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Jeremy Laird

OpenAI reportedly plans to ditch its nonprofit mission with CEO Sam Altman said to be in line to make billions

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Make it stop. Please make it stop. Being not-for-profit was surely the very essence of OpenAI, its reason to exist in contrast to other companies chasing the dollar via artificial intelligence. Wasn't it? Not any longer.

According to reports, OpenAI plans to completely restructure itself. Gone will be the nonprofit remit, the control not by a CEO or by bloodsucking shareholders but a board with a clear mission to do AI safely and not just for the dollar. In comes a full for-profit model, reportedly with CEO Sam Altman taking on a nice, big chunk of equity and ultimate control of the organisation.

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