Inside AI Policy

May 16, 2025

Former OpenAI employees reject for-profit move, amid Altman-Musk dispute

By Rick Weber / May 2, 2025

An “open letter” from a group of former OpenAI employees and independent researchers urges the attorneys general of California and Delaware to reject the company’s move from a nonprofit entity toward a for-profit enterprise, raising concerns that are also at the center of a high-profile legal dispute between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and xAI founder Elon Musk.

“We write in opposition to OpenAI’s proposed restructuring that would transfer control of the development and deployment of artificial general intelligence (AGI) from...


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