{"id":18498,"date":"2024-12-17T15:30:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18498"},"modified":"2024-12-17T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:24:10","slug":"how-openai-plans-to-move-from-being-a-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=18498","title":{"rendered":"How OpenAI Plans to Move From Being a Nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">As the maker of ChatGPT battles Google and Meta for A.I. supremacy, it\u2019s also fighting to end control by a nonprofit board.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last fall, the nonprofit that controls OpenAI <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/22\/technology\/how-sam-altman-returned-openai.html\" title>tried to fire<\/a> the company\u2019s high-profile leader, Sam Altman. It failed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ever since then, Mr. Altman has been trying to wrest control of the company away from the nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the watchful eyes of government regulators, the press and the public, Mr. Altman and his colleagues are working to sever the nonprofit\u2019s control while ensuring that the existing board is properly compensated for the changes, according to four people familiar with the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Altman and his colleagues need to answer a question: What is a fair price for ceding control over a technology that might change the world? Proper compensation to the nonprofit is still being debated, but it could easily be in the billions of dollars, one person said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And the clock is ticking for OpenAI\u2019s board of directors. It has promised investors that it will restructure the organization within the next two years, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are and have been for a while looking at some changes,\u201d Mr. Altman said this month during an appearance at <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/events\/dealbook\/sessions\/sam-altman-the-next-frontier\" title>The Times\u2019s DealBook Summit<\/a> in New York. \u201cIt is, as you can imagine, complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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It failed.Ever since then, Mr. Altman has been trying to wrest control of the company away from the nonprofit.Under the watchful eyes of government regulators, the press and the public, Mr. Altman and his colleagues are working to sever the nonprofit\u2019s control while ensuring that the existing board is properly compensated for the changes, according to four people familiar with the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Mr. Altman and his colleagues need to answer a question: What is a fair price for ceding control over a technology that might change the world? Proper compensation to the nonprofit is still being debated, but it could easily be in the billions of dollars, one person said.And the clock is ticking for OpenAI\u2019s board of directors. It has promised investors that it will restructure the organization within the next two years, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.\u201cWe are and have been for a while looking at some changes,\u201d Mr. Altman said this month during an appearance at The Times\u2019s DealBook Summit in New York. \u201cIt is, as you can imagine, complicated.\u201dWe are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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