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'''OpenAI''' is a software development and research company, which has made significant contributions to [[generative AI]] technology. OpenAI was started as a non-profit organization, with the idea that artificial intelligence can be a power for good, or a for evil. By removing a profit incentive, the hope was that their software would not be influenced by a drive for monetary profit, thus protecting it from becoming a force for evil.<ref>https://openai.com/safety</ref> Therefore, OpenAI, Inc. was registered as a non-profit in the US state of Delaware. However, they needed a way to make money, so they also founded a for-profit subsidiary, OpenAI Global, LLC. | '''OpenAI''' is a software development and research company, which has made significant contributions to [[generative AI]] technology. OpenAI was started as a non-profit organization, with the idea that artificial intelligence can be a power for good, or a for evil. By removing a profit incentive, the hope was that their software would not be influenced by a drive for monetary profit, thus protecting it from becoming a force for evil.<ref>https://openai.com/safety</ref> Therefore, OpenAI, Inc. was registered as a non-profit in the US state of Delaware. However, they needed a way to make money, so they also founded a for-profit subsidiary, OpenAI Global, LLC. | ||
| − | As of 2026, [[Sam Altman]] was Open AI's [[CEO]]. | + | As of 2026, [[Sam Altman]] was Open AI's [[CEO]].<ref>[https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/04/those-scary-ai-models-are-still-only-slop.html Those ‘Scary’ AI Models Are Still Only Slop], ''[[Moon of Alabama]]'', April 24, 2026.</ref> |
OpenAI has substantial backing from [[Microsoft]], which has integrated elements for GPT-4 into Bing. Other "tech giants" are also working on their own implementations of GTP-4, or similar language-learning models. The release of GTP-4 seemed to accelerate the timetable for other such projects, including Google Bard, which was released on March 21, 2023. Bard was seen by some as more of an incomplete project at the time of release, than a polished product. However, it has improved somewhat since then.<ref>https://sintra.ai/blog/bard-vs-chatgpt</ref><ref>https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-bard-vs-chatgpt-which-is-the-better-ai-chatbot/</ref> | OpenAI has substantial backing from [[Microsoft]], which has integrated elements for GPT-4 into Bing. Other "tech giants" are also working on their own implementations of GTP-4, or similar language-learning models. The release of GTP-4 seemed to accelerate the timetable for other such projects, including Google Bard, which was released on March 21, 2023. Bard was seen by some as more of an incomplete project at the time of release, than a polished product. However, it has improved somewhat since then.<ref>https://sintra.ai/blog/bard-vs-chatgpt</ref><ref>https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-bard-vs-chatgpt-which-is-the-better-ai-chatbot/</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 23:07, August 27, 2026
OpenAI is a software development and research company, which has made significant contributions to generative AI technology. OpenAI was started as a non-profit organization, with the idea that artificial intelligence can be a power for good, or a for evil. By removing a profit incentive, the hope was that their software would not be influenced by a drive for monetary profit, thus protecting it from becoming a force for evil.[1] Therefore, OpenAI, Inc. was registered as a non-profit in the US state of Delaware. However, they needed a way to make money, so they also founded a for-profit subsidiary, OpenAI Global, LLC.
As of 2026, Sam Altman was Open AI's CEO.[2]
OpenAI has substantial backing from Microsoft, which has integrated elements for GPT-4 into Bing. Other "tech giants" are also working on their own implementations of GTP-4, or similar language-learning models. The release of GTP-4 seemed to accelerate the timetable for other such projects, including Google Bard, which was released on March 21, 2023. Bard was seen by some as more of an incomplete project at the time of release, than a polished product. However, it has improved somewhat since then.[3][4]
Elon Musk has been highly critical of OpenAI based on its political bias.
Products
The company worked for some time on their "Generative Pre-trained Transformer." The organization came into public awareness in 2023, when they released their "Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4" (GPT-4) on March 14, 2023. It was made available to the public through an easy-to-use system called ChatGPT.