Greg Brockman clarifies his donations to advocacy group Build American AI were personal, correcting claims of OpenAI corporate backing
The group endorsed Illinois's SB 315 after it passed.
#19Greg Brockman@GDB@deanwball Funded by my wife & me personally, not funded by OpenAI! No PAC speaks on behalf of OpenAI.
Anna's and my goal with donating has always been to express support for sensible AI regulation (https://x.com/gdb/status/2006512808104702370), very glad to see that increasingly landing!
#392Dean W. Ball@DEANWBALLIt is almost as though transparency about frontier AI safety practices and verification by private bodies of those safety claims are clear bipartisan policy objectives that should be uncontroversial!
Dean W. Ball@deanwballBuild American AI, the 501(c)(4) arm of the a16z/OpenAI-funded PAC, is in the process of executing a hard pivot toward supporting sensible AI laws. I applaud them for this! And by the way, I wholeheartedly concur with the concerns they raise.
@gdb A fair point! But regardless, agreed. It’s good to see a little consensus on what sensible AI laws might mean coming into view.
Greg Brockman@gdb@deanwball Funded by my wife & me personally, not funded by OpenAI! No PAC speaks on behalf of OpenAI. Anna's and my goal with donating has always been to express support for sensible AI regulation (https://x.com/gdb/status/2006512808104702370), very glad to see that increasingly landing!
@daniel_271828 take the w
Daniel Eth (yes, Eth is my actual last name)@daniel_271828@deanwball Seems a little premature for this assessment - they stated support for one good bill after it passed the legislature and the governor said he’d sign it. Meanwhile, no indication their criteria for who to support/oppose has changed at all
#719Adrien Ecoffet@ADRIENLESomething’s happening. Maybe. 🤞
@daniel_271828 Yeah I know I get it, but like, this is a possible sign of improvement. Hence the 🤞
Daniel Eth (yes, Eth is my actual last name)@daniel_271828@AdrienLE They’re supporting one good bill *after* it already passed the legislature and the governor said he’d sign it. Hopefully they make meaningful changes going forward but that hasn’t happened yet.
@gdb Ok based
@AdrienLE They’re supporting one good bill *after* it already passed the legislature and the governor said he’d sign it. Hopefully they make meaningful changes going forward but that hasn’t happened yet.
Adrien Ecoffet@AdrienLESomething’s happening. Maybe. 🤞
@deanwball Seems a little premature for this assessment - they stated support for one good bill after it passed the legislature and the governor said he’d sign it. Meanwhile, no indication their criteria for who to support/oppose has changed at all
Dean W. Ball@deanwballBuild American AI, the 501(c)(4) arm of the a16z/OpenAI-funded PAC, is in the process of executing a hard pivot toward supporting sensible AI laws. I applaud them for this! And by the way, I wholeheartedly concur with the concerns they raise.