[Linkpost] “What OpenAI Told California’s Attorney General” by Garrison

This is a link post. In a previously unreported letter, the AI company defends its restructuring plan while attacking critics and making surprising admissions This is the full text of a post first published on Obsolete, a Substack that I write about the intersection of capitalism, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence. I’m a freelance journalist and the author of a forthcoming book called Obsolete: Power, Profit, and the Race to Build Machine Superintelligence. Consider subscribing to stay up to date with my work. OpenAI was founded as a counter to the perils of letting profit shape the development of an unprecedentedly powerful technology — one its founders have said could lead to human extinction. But in a newly obtained letter from OpenAI lawyers to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the company reveals what it apparently fears more: anything that slows its ability to raise gargantuan amounts of money. The previously unreported [...] ---Outline:(00:12) In a previously unreported letter, the AI company defends its restructuring plan while attacking critics and making surprising admissions(03:26) Revelations(04:20) The key question(05:45) Competitors and critics(08:34) Employee motivations(10:10) Contestable claims(11:30) Whats left unsaid--- First published: May 17th, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9oF3GmMae2ssYSXwP/what-openai-told-california-s-attorney-general Linkpost URL:https://www.obsolete.pub/p/exclusive-what-openai-told-californias --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.