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OpenAI backs Super PAC deploying fake AI journalists against regulation

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OpenAI supports LTF, which funds a Super PAC using fake AI journalists to oppose AI regulation advocates. The Super PAC also receives funding from a16z and OpenAI president Greg Brockman. Anthropic research scientist Ethan Perez and other AI researchers question the arrangement, citing conflicts with OpenAI’s principles of Democratization, Empowerment, Universal Prosperity, Resilience, and Adaptability.

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Nathan Calvin@_NathanCalvin

Where does OpenAI backing a massive anti-regulation Super Pac that coordinates fake AI journalists to go after AI regulation advocates fit into these principles? If the actions of LTF are indeed contrary to these principles, it would be good for OpenAI to say so directly. https://x.com/_NathanCalvin/status/2048557760367767923/photo/1 https://twitter.com/sama/status/2048552677433643427

12:20 AM · Apr 27, 2026

Why it matters

Nathan Calvin (Encode general counsel) helped craft California's SB 53 frontier AI transparency law before questioning OpenAI principles.
Ethan Perez (Anthropic adversarial robustness lead) earned ICML 2024 best paper for research on LLM debate yielding truthful answers.
Daniel Eth (Forethought nonprofit researcher) concluded automated AI R&D risks causing intelligence explosions in a recent Forethought report.

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