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Nov 21 (Reuters) - Few people can force OpenAI to change governance at the crisis-stricken artificial-intelligence company, and the head of Microsoft (MSFT.O), a major financial backer, is not one of them, according to legal experts...
The nonprofit board overseeing the maker of the popular ChatGPT chatbot sent shock waves through Silicon Valley on Friday by abruptly firing Chief Executive Sam Altman..
Because it is a nonprofit, the only people who could force the current board of OpenAI to step down or change are judges or state attorneys general, said Alexander Reid, an attorney at BakerHostetler who counsels nonprofit organizations...
"There is a whole boatload of scholarship noting that nonprofit enforcement is severely lacking, but for the most part nonprofits are pretty good at self-policing if only to avoid scandal that would impact donations," he said.. OpenAI's for-profit arm was under the full control of a nonprofit, an arrangement meant to insulate decisions about a potentially powerful technology from being driven by corporate greed...
The latter worked with the other board members to remove Altman and former President Greg Brockman, but has since said he "deeply regret(s)" the action.. Outside of government enforcers, Sutskever may now be the only person in a position to formally challenge the board's decision...
