State AGs as AI gatekeepers

Because OpenAI’s controlling entity is a nonprofit pledged to 'benefit humanity,' state attorneys general in its home and principal business states (Delaware and California) can probe 'mission compliance' and demand remedies. That gives elected officials leverage over an AI lab’s product design and philanthropy without passing new AI laws. — It spotlights a backdoor path for political control over frontier AI via charity law, with implications for forum‑shopping, regulatory bargaining, and industry structure.