80k After Hours   /     Highlights: #209 – Rose Chan Loui on OpenAI’s gambit to ditch its nonprofit

Nonprofit legal expert Rose Chan Loui lays out the legal case and implications of OpenAI's attempt to shed its nonprofit parent. This episode is a selection of highlights from our full interview with Rose, including:

• How OpenAI carefully chose a complex nonprofit structure (00:00:26)
• The nonprofit board is out-resourced and in a tough spot (00:04:09)
• Is control of OpenAI 'priceless' to the nonprofit in pursuit of its mission? (00:06:47)
• Control of OpenAI is independently incredibly valuable and requires compensation (00:11:06)
• It's very important that the nonprofit gets cash and not just equity (00:16:06)
• How the nonprofit board can best play their hand (00:21:20)

These highlights are from episode #209 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast: Rose Chan Loui on OpenAI’s gambit to ditch its nonprofit. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — so if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode!

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Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong