【内容摘要】OpenAI董事会主席布雷特·泰勒声明，公司仍由非营利母公司掌控，确保AGI造福全人类。为获得190亿美元股权融资，OpenAI必须在年底前完成“公益公司”重组，否则资金可能转为债务，冲击IPO与数据中心扩建。加州与特拉华州总检察长及公民、劳工团体质疑非营利资产处置是否违反慈善信托法，OpenAI表示正积极配合审查。与此同时，参议员克鲁兹提出联邦AI“监管沙盒”法案，允许企业在放松管制的试验环境中快速测试新技术，以减少合规成本并刺激创新。
“OpenAI started as a nonprofit, remains one today, and will continue to be one—with the nonprofit holding the authority that guides our future,” chairman Bret Taylor said in a statement posted on the company’s website.
“This structure reaffirms that our core mission remains ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity,” Taylor added. “Our PBC charter and governance will establish that safety decisions must always be guided by this mission.”
The restructuring plan is essential for OpenAI as a condition of roughly $19 billion in equity financing provided by investors. If the company is unable to complete the restructuring by the end of the year it could lose access to that capital, or see part of it convert from equity to debt. Both would be a blow to management’s plans for an eventual initial public offering and its ability to fund the planned buildout of new, giant datacenters.
The plan has drawn opposition from civic and labor groups in California and Delaware, however, over how assets now held in charitable trust by the non-profit parent will be treated in the conversion. The attorneys general of the two states are also scrutinizing the plan for signs that it violates their states’ respective laws on charitable organizations.
“We continue to work with the California and Delaware Attorneys General as an important part of strengthening our approach, and we remain committed to learning and acting with urgency to ensure our tools are helpful and safe for everyone,” Taylor said.
