OpenAI has partnered with a new AI initiative led by a group co-founded by Caller. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry The company promotes left-wing causes, and several board members are aligned with the Democratic Party.
OpenAI, led by CEO Sam Altman, supports the initiative known as AI 2030, which aims to form a “public dialogue on U.S. competition with China in AI,” according to Politico. Reported in October.
The effort is being led by the “bipartisan” think tank American Security Project (ASP), of which Kelly is a founding member and twice served on the board of directors.
ASP has promoted the idea that climate change is a national security threat, and claimed on the website He called withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal a bad idea that would “compromise national security.” The organization was previously awarded the Rockefeller Foundation for use in “World War Zero Initiatives, an effort to achieve action and mobilization through awareness and public education to halt the rise in global carbon emissions.” , received a $500,000 grant. The Rockefeller Foundation donates tens of millions of dollars to left-wing causes.
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Kerry's former chief of staff, David Wade, who helped Hunter Biden move quickly amid the Burisma scandal and is now a board member, recently weighed in on how AI in the U.S. He wrote an op-ed for The Hill explaining how we have reached a “Sputnik moment.” ”, outlining the need to compete with China in the AI field.
Former Obama Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel He was called President Trump at the time. 2018's “Embarrassing” is also on the ASP board of directors.
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry attends the Viva Technology Show at the Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 23, 2024 in Paris. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Virginia), who is also on the board of ASP, has publicly opposed President Trump's tariff policies, calling the 2023 tariffs “ridiculous” and “illegal.” press release.
2018, ASP promoted an editorial In it, board member Matthew Wolin criticized Trump's diplomatic tactics toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In 2017, Wallin amplified the media debunking story. Post to Xlater reported on Twitter that President Trump had called the white supremacists at the deadly Charlottesville rally “good people.”
Chris Lehane, Head of Global Policy at OpenAI, is the author of the infamous and controversial book “The Big Right-Wing Conspiracy.'' Memo has been promoted Then-first lady Hillary Clinton dismissed the Monica Lewinsky scandal as part of a right-wing media conspiracy.
Mr. Lehane is not only a longtime consultant to the Democratic Party, but also recently Donations This is in support of former Sen. Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, and Sen. Adam Schiff, Democrat of California.
Mr. Altman recently joined other tech giants in donating a large personal sum of $1 million to President Trump's inauguration, but has come under scrutiny for past large donations to left-wing causes. . $250,000 donation He donated to a Democratic super PAC and opposition research firm American Bridge during the 2020 election.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2024. (Stefan Vermes/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mr. Altman has donated to hundreds of Democrats in recent years, compared to just one Republican. Newsweek reported Last summer. He was also recently named co-chair of the transition team of the next Democratic mayor of San Francisco.
In addition to hosting a fundraiser at the San Francisco home of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang in late 2019. Altman donates more than $1 million Donations went to Democrats and Democratic groups, including $600,000 to the Senate Majority PAC aligned with Sen. Chuck Schumer, $100,000 to the Biden Victory Fund and more than $150,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He also donated thousands of dollars to the state Democratic Party and top Democrats in both houses of Congress.
In 2014, Altman co-hosted a DNC fundraiser at Y Combinator's offices in Mountain View, California, with then-President Obama officiating.
Following President Trump's victory in November, Altman Posted in X“Congratulations to President Trump. We wish him great success in his work.”
“It is critical that the United States maintains its leadership in AI development based on democratic values,” he added.
Altman spoke about China in multiple blog posts and interviews during his tenure from 2014 to 2019 as CEO of Y Combinator, the incubator startup that launched Airbnb, DoorDash, and DropBox. In 2017, Altman said that he was “more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco,” and that “some of the most talented entrepreneurs” he had ever met were doing business in China. Therefore, he felt it was “important” to expand into China. There.
Altman's resume and work on AI have drawn the ire of Trump ally Elon Musk in recent years. “I don't trust OpenAI. I don't trust Sam Altman, and I don't think the most powerful AI in the world should be controlled by someone who doesn't trust it,” Musk said last year.
SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk speaks at America PAC Town Hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 26, 2024. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Mr. Musk is much publicized In his legal battle with Altman, he also said that OpenAI's ChatGPT functionality was infected with a “woke virus.”
ChatGPT is an AI chatbot whose main function is to imitate humans in conversation. Users around the world use ChatGPT to write emails, debug computer programs, answer homework questions, play games, and write stories and lyrics.
“Many of our current jobs are going to disappear, that's true. We can create better jobs. The reason we develop AI in the first place is because of its impact on our lives, how it improves our lives, and what the benefits are. “This is going to be the biggest technology in terms of, 'Humanity hasn't developed yet,'” Altman said in a 2023 ABC News interview. “The promise of this technology is one of the things I'm most excited about is the ability to provide personalized learning, great personalized learning for each student.”
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, an OpenAI spokesperson said, “America must win the AI race. That's why Americans come together on both sides to support policies that help the United States remain competitive against China.” I am doing it,” he said. ”
“ASP is a nearly 20-year-old nonpartisan organization that collaborates with members of Congress, retired flag officers, subject matter experts, and groups from across the political spectrum to produce high-quality research and improve national security. We are building bipartisan consensus on emerging threats,” an ASP spokesperson told FOX News Digital in a statement.
Sam Altman, CEO and co-founder of OpenAI, speaks at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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“OpenAI is one of many donors; AI Required 2030we rely on independent experts and Consensus for Americans, including President Trump's former Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Julia Nesheiwat and President Trump's administration's former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Neil Chatterjee. -Ensure an equal balance of input from security members. We also recently hosted a roundtable featuring another former Trump official, Nazak Nikakhtar. ”
The statement goes on to say, “The main objective is to AI Required 2030 The goal is to ensure that the United States, not China, wins the race for AI supremacy. China aims to surpass the United States to lead the world in AI by 2030. I can't allow that to happen. President Trump has been a leader in building a bipartisan consensus that the United States needs to compete more aggressively with China, and we are working with the Trump administration and the Republican Congress to achieve this goal in an effective and cost-effective manner. I'm looking forward to formulating policy. ”
Fox News Digital's Nikolas Lanum, Cameron Cawthorne and Joe Schoffstall contributed to this report.
