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Hayden Field @ The Verge · today 10:00 EDT

These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came

On August 19th at 7:07PM, Tyler Johnston received a message from his roommate. A man, the text said, was knocking on their door with legal documents to serve. Johnston is the founder and sole employee of The Midas Project: a nonprofit that monitors the practices of "leading AI companies to ensure transparency, privacy, and ethical […]

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