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OpenAI Staffers Are Funding a Rival Super PAC to Take on Their Boss
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A group of rank-and-file OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC pushing for stricter regulations on frontier AI labs.
Key facts
- A group of rank-and-file OpenAI employees have donated more than $215,000 to a super PAC pushing for stricter regulations on frontier AI labs
- One of the largest donations from an OpenAI employee came from Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe, who gave $200,000 to the political spending group
- Contributions from current and former OpenAI employees make up a small portion of Guardrails Alliance’s larger goal to raise $15 million this election cycle
- Guardrails Alliance, which launched last month with $5 million in total initial funding, bills itself as a populist effort supported by tech workers, labor unions, and other groups
Summary
Seven current OpenAI employees have donated to Guardrails Alliance, as well as one former employee, WIRED has learned. One of the largest donations from an OpenAI employee came from Juan Felipe Cerón Uribe, who gave $200,000 to the political spending group. “In this time, I’ve become concerned that all that research will have gone to waste if it doesn’t translate to guardrails that hold private companies accountable for the responsible development of AI,” Cerón Uribe said in a statement. Contributions from current and former OpenAI employees make up a small portion of Guardrails Alliance’s larger goal to raise $15 million this election cycle.