The frantic battle over OpenAI shows that money triumphs in the end | Robert Reich
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Private businesses, motivated by profit, can’t be relied on to police themselves against the horrors unfettered AI could bring

The frantic battle over OpenAI shows that money triumphs in the end::Private businesses, motivated by profit, can’t be relied on to police themselves against the horrors unfettered AI could bring

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    How do we gain access to artificial intelligence’s huge potential benefits – such as devising new life-saving drugs or finding new ways to teach children – without opening a box of horrors?

    But ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT looked to be on its way to achieving the holy grail of tech – an at-scale consumer platform that would generate billions of dollars in profits – its non-profit safety mission has been endangered by big money.

    Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, apparently tried to have it both ways – giving Microsoft some of what it wanted without abandoning the humanitarian goals and safeguards of the non-profit.

    Last week, OpenAI’s non-profit board pushed Altman out, presumably over fears that he was bending too far toward Microsoft’s goal of making money, while giving inadequate attention to the threats posed by AI.

    Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive, said he was “encouraged by the changes to OpenAI board”, calling it a “first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance”.

    Last week’s frantic battle over OpenAI shows that not even a non-profit board with a capped profit structure for investors can match the power of big tech and Wall Street.

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