Sam Altman's OpenAI-backed project is led by several anti-Trump activists who push liberal causes

OpenAI has partnered with a new AI project led by a co-founded and developing team The President's Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry which has pushed left-wing causes and has several board members aligned with Democrats.

OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, supports a project known as AI 2030, which aims to create a “public debate about America's competition against China in AI,” Politico. reported in October.

The initiative is led by the “non-partisan organization” American Security Project (ASP), where Kerry was a founding member and served two seats on the board of directors.

ASP has encouraged the idea that climate change is a national security threat, and claimed on its website that pulling out of the Iran Nuclear Deal was a bad idea that “undermines national security.” The group previously received $500,000 from the Rockefeller Foundation “for use in its World War II project, an effort to achieve action and mobilize through awareness and public education to stop the increase in carbon around the world.” The Rockefeller Foundation has given tens of millions of dollars to left-wing causes.

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Former Kerry chief David Wade, who nominated Hunter Biden quick response assistance As the Burisma scandal mounts, he currently sits on the board of directors and recently wrote an op-ed in The Hill explaining how AI in the US has reached its “Sputnik era,” describing the need of competing with China in AI.

Former Obama Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, who which was called President Trump at the time “shame” in 2018, it also sits on the ASP board.

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Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., who is also on the ASP board, has publicly rejected Trump's tax plans, calling them “crazy” and “illegal” in 2023. Press release.

In 2018, ASP prompted the op-ed by Board Member Matthew Wallin where he criticized Trump's political tactics against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In 2017, Wallin developed a media profile that was damaged by post to Xthen on Twitter, that Trump called the White supremacists at the deadly rally in Charlottesville “good people.”

Chris Lehane, who serves as Head of Global Strategy for OpenAI, is the author of the infamous and controversial “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy”. invitation recommended with first lady Hillary Clinton dismissing the Monica Lewinsky scandal as part of a media conspiracy.

As well as being a long-time adviser to the Democratic Party, Lehane recently the amount given to help Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Altman soon followed other tech titans and gave a massive $1 million gift to Trump's inauguration through his position, but he has faced scrutiny over the past few dollars for wing efforts. left, inclusive. $250,000 donation to the top Democratic PAC and opposition research firm American Bridge during the 2020 election.

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Altman has donated to hundreds of Democrats in recent years compared to just one Republican, Newsweek reported this past summer. He was also recently nominated to chair the next Democratic mayor of San Francisco's reform group.

In addition to holding a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang at his San Francisco home in late 2019, Altman donated more than $1 million to Democrats and Democratic groups, including $600,000 to Sen. Senate Majority PAC. Chuck Schumer, $100,000 to the Biden Victory Fund and more than $150,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He has also given thousands to state Democrats and top Democrats in the House and Senate.

In 2014, Altman hosted a fundraiser for the DNC at Y Combinator's offices in Mountain View, California, which was chaired by then-President Obama.

After Trump's victory in November, Altman written in X,” congrats to President Trump. I wish him great success in office.”

“It is very important that the US maintains its leadership in the development of AI with democratic values,” he added.

During Altman's tenure from 2014 to 2019 as CEO of Y Combinator, the incubator that launched Airbnb, DoorDash and DropBox, he talked about China in many blogs and interviews. In 2017, Altman said that he “felt more comfortable talking about controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco” and that he felt China's expansion was “important” because “some of the “talented entrepreneurs” he met are still working. There.

Altman's resume and AI efforts have angered Trump friend Elon Musk in recent years. Musk said last year, “I don't trust OpenAI. I don't trust Sam Altman. And I don't think we should have the most powerful AI in the world controlled by an untrustworthy person.”

Musk, who has been involved with a widely publicized legal disputes with Altman, he also said that OpenAI's ChatGPT project was infected by a “resurrected virus.”

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot whose main function is to imitate a human in conversation. Users around the world have used ChatGPT to write emails, edit computer programs, answer homework questions, play games, write stories and lyrics, and much more.

“It will eliminate a lot of current jobs, it's true. We can do much better. The reason to introduce AI at all, in terms of impact on our lives and improving our lives and above, this will be technology the biggest. character is getting better,” Altman said in a 2023 interview with ABC News. “The promise of this technology, one of the things I'm most excited about, is the ability to provide individualized instruction — highly individualized instruction for each student.”

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In recent months, OpenAI has reportedly been quietly pitching its products to the US military and pursuing defense contracts, Forbes reports.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, an OpenAI spokesperson said, “America must win the AI ​​race, which is why Americans from both sides of the aisle have come together to support policies that help the US maintain its competitiveness against China.”

“ASP is a nearly two-decade-old organization that works with lawmakers, retired flag officers, media professionals, and groups from across the political spectrum to produce high-quality research and build consensus. bipartisanship on emerging threats to our national security,” an ASP spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement.

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“While OpenAI is one of the many providers for The need for AI in 2030We ensure an equal balance of opinions informed by independent experts and the Consensus for members of the American Security, including Julia Nesheiwat, Ph.D., former Trump Homeland Security Advisor, and Neil Chatterjee, Chairman of former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under Trump. We recently hosted a roundtable with Nazak Nikakhtar, another former Trump official. “

The statement continued, “The primary objective of The need for AI in 2030 is to ensure that the US, not China, wins the race for AI supremacy. China aims to surpass the US and lead the world in AI by 2030. We cannot let that happen. President Trump has been a leader in creating a bipartisan agreement that the US needs to compete with China, and we look forward to working with his administration and the Republican Congress to create effective and affordable policies to achieve that goal. this. “

Fox News Digital's Nikolas Lanum, Cameron Cawthorne and Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.