Watching the videos on the article, and this journalist is coming off pretty arrogant.<p>Okay, I understand that you have a right to request those documents - but it's the day before Thanksgiving, and the right people aren't available. Yes, I get it - the law says "Immediately" if at the headquarters, but give some slack - it's a holiday. Come back on Monday.<p>The guy got shoved because he was repeatedly told not to be on the private property, and instead he decided to walk in - and then start claiming he's on the sidewalk (Which she, <i>now</i> they were). He was told he was trespassing, he refused, and they have a right to use reasonable force to remove him. Considering they did that directly in front of a police officer, I think highlights the OpenAI guy is fine.<p>This reeks of like "I'm right in one thing - so I'm right in everything". People are human man, again - come back Monday. Go enjoy time with your family and stop trying to pick a fight right now.
For a non-profit the size of OpenAI to not file their Form 990 is pretty serious. They have over 700 employees, it's not like they are lacking in people or in money to do their paperwork properly...
Let's assume <i>everything</i> the guy in the video (the self-anointed journalist) says is true and that OpenAI is required to "hand over" those forms to anyone who asks...<p>With that said it still doesn't mean that if don't do that that you get to shove your way in (or try to) and start yelling at people lol.<p>I'm sure the actual process is that if they are required to do so and do not then you a member of the public ("data journalist" or otherwise) can pursue legal action. The "I'm entering the property NOW!" thing is likely not codified into whatever law this guy is quoting. "If they don't turn it over you're allowed to invade the corporate HQ!" Doubtful.
Major 1st/2nd amendment auditor vibes. This is a non-story by someone seeking attention.<p>Update: ok, I skimmed the article and there's a lot more to it than what's in the videos. This is a non-story by someone with a vendetta. That money transmitter law is bullshit. Enforcement of it is bullshit. Sucks that you tried to do the "right" thing and follow the law, but it's probably best to just move on from that. What do you hope to accomplish by continuing to pursue this?
I'm guessing they did file their Form-990 for 2022, but it's not available in public data sources yet. Probably will be available in a few more months.<p>OpenAI's Form-990s from previous years are all available at <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/810861541" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/810...</a><p>Including their entire 2021 filing <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/810861541/202243199349314989/full" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/810...</a><p>Along with the nice visualizations the site provides.
i'm really sick of people trying to pull the "journalism" card as if journalist is some protected class with special privileges.<p>every random annoying dude with a substack is a journalist. you're not special. and yeah, maybe once upon a time there was a legitimate reason for concern when people tried to suppress journalism. but now everybody is a journalist, and so there's no special privileges for journalism. if you turn up at a business and start harassing employees, expect to get shoved out the door, regardless of whether or not you have applied the "journalist" label to yourself.
Assuming you've seen the prior years' 990s, do you have any explanation for the $70 million in "other income" that is lacking the required explanation of "nature and source" which represents more than half of the non-profit's reported support?
If the author is reading this, you’re posting videos and text together in a single article, making no attempt to describe the contents of the video.<p>There are reasons nobody does this.
At least this guy is being honest about the context:<p>> They are smart people. About that I have no doubt. But I’ve seen how they treat rules. I know what they think of ethics.<p>Also:<p>> I have never met Sam, and I have only met Greg a couple of times.<p>I'm just saying, breaking rules in business is not necessarily the same as being unethical. Especially financial/regulatory capture rules like it seems the author is complaining about.<p>Different things are at stake with AI, and I think we're all aligned.
This is like arguing that you’re a sovereign citizen.<p>What’s the end game here? Cops aren’t interpreters of the law, they don’t care about your statutes. And frankly, they could be out actually doing something instead of talking down knucklehead “journalists”