Late last year, Bell, Blackwell and Aguilar decided to cover the old playbook dust. They entrusted a legal memory to repeat the power of the attorney general about the indelible status of charitable funds and call for their contacts to form a coalition of more than 50 community organizations working together to try to affect the future of one of the hottest technology companies in the world.
Blackwell said that some members of the group were concerned that Openai plans could threaten the integrity of the entire non -profit area. Sponsors, they argue, may be reluctant to continue contributing if they feel that money for public benefits may be removed in profit activities.
The alliance called on California Rob Bonda to carefully consider the conversion of Openai and launch a campaign In January to attract public attention on this issue. The effort has attracted widely support, including some Openai former staff And AI researchers, who also urged Bonda's partner at Del to know, where Openai was charged to ensure its task was not destroyed by restructuring. (Both offices of the attorney general said they were investigating the problem but provided a few details.)
In March, Openai wanted to meet Aguilar's campaigning alliance. At the offices of the San Francisco, Blackwell, Aguilar and another alliance leader sitting with two employees of Openai, including Debbie Mesloh, former senior advisor of the General Kamala Harris.
Openai's Held said that the meeting offered a misconception of our business structure, many people seemed to repeat the concepts that Musk spoke up. Aguilar said Openai wanted to respond to the development of his non -profit mission. But not solved are the core questions about the amount of sponsorship and independent Openai will afford charity.
'Large damn agreement'
Another attendance at the meeting was Daniel Zingale, a retired former adviser for a number of California Governor, who is currently advising Openai. Mesloh and other corporate leaders who know Zingale from California politics want his help when summoning a group of bright stars from the charity world to give advice on how Openai should spend his charity funds and technology distribution to other non -profit organizations. In 2023, Openai's current non -profit arm Has awarded more than $ 2.6 million, including educational organizations, AI safety groups and economic researchers.
Zingale said that the movement of the external alliance of Aguilar helped play a role in the establishment of the Openai Advisory Commission, starting the meeting on April 21 and their recommendations will come to July 20 (Openai spokesman was organized as the committee was born from a long -standing effort.
Its members include veteran political advisers Jack Oliver, former media director Monica Lozano and 95 -year -old labor activist Huerta. They did not answer the request.
Zingale also helped recruiting Robert Ross, who had previously spent about a quarter of the century as the executive director of California Endowment, one of the non -profit organizations that appeared from health care changes of the 90s. Ross said that his former organization was widely recognized as successful success of non -profit conversion into profit, and he wanted to be similar to Openai.
This is a major agreement among citizens and politics will have great consequences for civic society and disadvantaged and underestimated communities, Mr. Ross Ross said. Our mission is more about spending.
Aguilar said he was skeptical about the efforts of the Advisory Council. Although the committee is said to make recommendations on how Openai can help ensure people have the opportunity to benefit from AI tools, both Zingale and Ross say that they have little experience using AI.
Ross this is an attractive effort for me, because what I know about who can suit a thimble, Ross said, added that he really wants to learn from others better.