San Francisco Foundation, along with coalition co-chair LatinoProsperity and more than 50 other organizations, filed an administrative petition with the office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta requesting his intervention in OpenAI’s planned conversion from nonprofit to for-profit status.
Read news coverage of the petition below:
KQED: Calls Grow for OpenAI to Make Good on Its Promises to Serve Public Good
“More than 50 California labor and nonprofit organizations are asking Attorney General Rob Bonta to make sure OpenAI properly accounts for the public good as it seeks to transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit company.”
Politico: California is nudged into the ring between Musk and Altman
“‘This isn’t about trying to stop the conversion of nonprofit to for-profit,’ Fred Blackwell, the CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, told California Decoded. ‘It’s really purely about making sure the assets that were accumulated for the public good stay that way.’”
Los Angeles Times: Coalition urges California attorney general to halt OpenAI’s for-profit restructuring
Bloomberg News: Block OpenAI For-Profit Conversion, California Petitioners Urge
The Verge: A new petition against OpenAI has been filed to the California AG
Engadget: Labor and nonprofit coalition calls on California AG to stop OpenAI from going for-profit
AI Supremacy: “You Can’t Just Abandon Your Purpose:” OpenAI’s Nonprofit Conversion Faces Mounting Challenges
