OpenAI employees pour nearly $250K into AI safety PAC, pushing back on firm’s president
Summary
Current and former OpenAI employees donated nearly $250,000 to a political action committee (PAC) called Guardrails Alliance. This PAC works to promote AI safety and is pushing back against another committee partly funded by OpenAI’s president, Greg Brockman.Key Facts
- OpenAI employees gave over $245,000 to Guardrails Alliance, an AI safety-focused super PAC.
- Guardrails Alliance has received eight donations totaling $248,000.
- The PAC aims to counter Leading the Future (LTF), a committee supported in part by Greg Brockman.
- Greg Brockman is the president and co-founder of OpenAI.
- The donations come from both current and former OpenAI employees.
- The conflict centers on different approaches to AI safety and policy.
- Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited money to influence political decisions but cannot directly coordinate with candidates.
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