A group of former OpenAI employees and prominent scientists signed an open letter asking the company to state whether it has abandoned its founding nonprofit goals and to clarify recent structural changes. The request highlights uncertainty after past governance turmoil.
— If a leading AI lab has quietly shifted from nonprofit stewardship to profit-first, regulators and partners need new oversight assumptions.
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2025.10.15
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The article argues OpenAI is trying to ‘remake’ its nonprofit–for‑profit structure and convert Microsoft’s profit rights into equity after the 2023 board coup, raising investor, antitrust, and control questions consistent with concerns that the firm has shifted away from its founding nonprofit goals.
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Reuters reports Microsoft and OpenAI have a non‑binding deal enabling OpenAI to switch to a standard for‑profit structure and potentially go public, with the nonprofit slated to receive >$100B. This directly addresses prior concerns that OpenAI has abandoned founding nonprofit goals and clarifies the direction of its governance and incentives.
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Aaronson signed the letter alongside Geoffrey Hinton, Stuart Russell, and others.