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OpenAI Restructures to Limit CEO Control Amid Scrutiny

5/7/2025

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OpenAI will retain its nonprofit governance structure, reducing CEO Sam Altman's control amid legal scrutiny.
The nonprofit will supervise the for-profit division, including ChatGPT, as it shifts to a Public Benefit Corporation.
This decision comes after consultations with civic leaders and attorneys general from California and Delaware.

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Story summary

OpenAI will retain its nonprofit governance structure, reducing CEO Sam Altman's control amid legal scrutiny.
The nonprofit will supervise the for-profit division, including ChatGPT, as it shifts to a Public Benefit Corporation.
This decision comes after consultations with civic leaders and attorneys general from California and Delaware.