OpenAI, Inc.

An OpenAI, Inc. is an American AI start-up company with the stated aim to promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit humanity as a whole.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) create OpenAI Products.
  • It can (typically) have OpenAI Workers, such as OpenAI Employees (Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, ...)
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  • It can create OpenAI Models, such as: GPT-4 Model, DallE 2 Model, ChatGPT Model.
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  • It can collaborate with major corporations, such as Microsoft, which has invested heavily in OpenAI and integrated its technology into its products, like Azure AI services.
  • It can be involved in public discussions and research on the ethical implications of AI, particularly focusing on ensuring that AI development aligns with broader societal good.
  • It can partner with other AI organizations to advance research and promote safe AI practices.
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• Example(s):
  • OpenAI, 2015, marks the founding of OpenAI by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman, with a pledge to advance AI for the benefit of humanity and a commitment of $1 billion in funding.
  • OpenAI, 2019, signifies the shift to a capped-profit model with the formation of OpenAI LP, allowing OpenAI to attract substantial investments, such as the $1 billion from Microsoft.
  • OpenAI, 2020, highlights the release of GPT-3, one of the most advanced AI language models, which gained widespread recognition for its capabilities in natural language processing.
  • OpenAI, 2022, marks the public release of DALL·E 2, a groundbreaking model for generating images from textual descriptions, showcasing the potential of AI in creative fields.
  • OpenAI, 2023, represents the release of ChatGPT based on GPT-4, a highly popular conversational AI model that has seen integration into various applications and widespread public use.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Anthropic.
  • Inflection AI.
  • Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2).
• See: OpenAI API, Friendly Artificial Intelligence, Sam Altman, American AI Startup Company.

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References

2024

• GPT-4
  • Based on the information from Wikipedia and Britannica, OpenAI is officially referred to as "OpenAI Inc." for its nonprofit research segment, and "OpenAI Global LLC" for its for-profit subsidiary​​​​.

2022

• (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI Retrieved:2022-12-15.
  • OpenAI is an artificial intelligence (AI) research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company conducts research in the field of AI with the stated goal of promoting and developing friendly AI in a way that benefits humanity as a whole. The organization was founded in San Francisco in late 2015 by Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and others, who collectively pledged US$1 billion. Musk resigned from the board in February 2018 but remained a donor. In 2019, OpenAI LP received a 1 billion investment from Microsoft.

2019

• (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI Retrieved:2019-9-9.
  • OpenAI is the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP, whose parent organization is the non-profit organization OpenAI Inc , which conducts research in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with the stated aim to promote and develop friendly AI in such a way as to benefit humanity as a whole. ...

2019

• (OpenAI, 2018) ⇒ https://openai.com/charter/
  • QUOTE: OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) — by which we mean highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work — benefits all of humanity. We will attempt to directly build safe and beneficial AGI, but will also consider our mission fulfilled if our work aids others to achieve this outcome. To that end, we commit to the following principles: ...

2015

• (OpenAI, 2015) ⇒ https://openai.com/blog/introducing-openai/
  • OpenAI is a non-profit artificial intelligence research company. Our goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. …

    … Because of AI's surprising history, it's hard to predict when human-level AI might come within reach. When it does, it'll be important to have a leading research institution which can prioritize a good outcome for all over its own self-interest.

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