I think that's a fair claim, although I'm not sure I agree. Governance and US corporate law is complex, and I'm somewhat skeptical this structure will turn out to be effective. But fingers crossed I'm wrong
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Foundation Models Now Included in AI Regulation After Lobbying
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Earlier this year it was totally changed, following lobbying, from a focus on high-risk applications to also covering "foundation models". So yes, I agree with what you say "many argue". That's also what I'm arguing.
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Balancing User Control and Responsible AI Model Deployment
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Over time the plan is to give people more control, for the time being we have to do a lot of responsibility to ensure this technology does not cause harm. At the end of the day, people should be able (within reason) to use the models for what they want. We aren’t there yet but
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OpenAI Independence: Microsoft Investment Without Board Control
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“While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit. Microsoft has no board seat and no control. And, as explained above, AGI is explicitly carved out of all commercial
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OpenAI Independence: Microsoft Partnership Excludes AGI Control
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“While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit. Microsoft has no board seat and no control. And, as explained above, AGI is explicitly carved out of all commercial
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OpenAI Independence: Microsoft Investment Without Board Control
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“While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit. Microsoft has no board seat and no control. And, as explained above, AGI is explicitly carved out of all commercial
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OpenAI Board Defines AGI Threshold and Commercial Terms
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“Fifth, the board determines when we've attained AGI. Again, by AGI we mean a highly autonomous system that outperforms humans at most economically valuable work. Such a system is excluded from IP licenses and other commercial terms with Microsoft, which only apply to pre-AGI
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OpenAI Independence: Microsoft Partnership Excludes AGI Control
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“While our partnership with Microsoft includes a multibillion dollar investment, OpenAI remains an entirely independent company governed by the OpenAI Nonprofit. Microsoft has no board seat and no control. And, as explained above, AGI is explicitly carved out of all commercial
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AI Profit Cap Structure Ensures Humanity Benefits
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“Fourth, profit allocated to investors and employees, including Microsoft, is capped. All residual value created above and beyond the cap will be returned to the Nonprofit for the benefit of humanity.”
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OpenAI Nonprofit Controls For-Profit Subsidiary Structure
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So so so many useful quotes from this page: “First, the for-profit subsidiary is fully controlled by the OpenAI Nonprofit”