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c/technology · by mesamunefire@piefed.social · 309d

OpenAI Establishes For-Profit Company In Restructuring Change Involving Microsoft

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/10/28/openai-establishes-for-profit-company-in-restructuring-change-involving-microsoft/

More links: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-and-openais-new-for-profit-deal-gives-windows-maker-27-stake-142521255.html

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XLE@piefed.social · 33 pts · 309d (2 replies)

The expectation is for the Foundation to use its equity stake in the OpenAI Group to help fund philanthropic work. That will start with a $25 billion commitment to “health and curing diseases” and “AI resiliance” to counteract some of the risks presented by the deployment of AI.

Paying yourself to promote your own product. Promising to fix vague "risks" that make the product sound more powerful than it is, with "fixes" that won't be measurable.

In other words, Sam is cutting a $25 billion check to himself.

etherphon@piefed.world · 6 pts · 309d (1 reply)
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XLE@piefed.social · 7 pts · 309d

AI companies are definitely aware of the real risks. It's the imaginary ones ("what happens if AI becomes sentient and takes over the world?") that I imagine they'll put that money towards.

Meanwhile they (intentionally) fail to implement even a simple cutoff switch for a child that's expressing suicidal ideation. Most people with any programming knowledge could build a decent interception tool. All this talk about guardrails seems almost as fanciful.

nomadman@piefed.social · 21 pts · 309d (1 reply)

ClosedAI

BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 309d

OpenYerFuckinWalletAI

cecilkorik@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 309d

More Financial Engineering to try to obscure the fact that they're all caught in a rapidly expanding bubble that they've lost any hope of controlling.

EnsignWashout@startrek.website · 10 pts · 309d

It's often the ones we most suspected.

Cryan24@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 309d
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mesamunefire@piefed.social · 8 pts · 309d (2 replies)

I cant find too many good articles with in depth coverage but theres a bunch confirming the move.

ryper@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 309d (1 reply)

Gizmodo's article has more detail.

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 3 pts · 309d

Thanks!