OpenAI president Greg Brockman donated $50 million to Trump’s super PAC and AI pro-development groups, citing humanity’s benefit as his motivation.
San Francisco: OpenAI president Greg Brockman gave $25 million to help Donald Trump in September 2024. He also gave another $25 million to help both parties support artificial intelligence technology.
Brockman says his money helps people everywhere. He believes AI can do more good than any other human creation. His wife Anna agreed to give another $25 million next year.
Usually, Brockman doesn’t get involved in politics. He only gave $5,400 to Hillary Clinton in 2016 before this. Now people worry about AI technology.
Some people want to stop using ChatGPT because of Brockman’s Trump donation. More than 700,000 people joined this QuitGPT movement online. Actor Mark Ruffalo joined too.
Some workers at OpenAI think the donations go too far. They say the company needs to work with government, but maybe not this much. Brockman says his team always discusses different ideas about everything.
OpenAI says these are personal donations from Brockman, not the company. The company spokesperson says Brockman cares about AI helping everyone in America and around the world during this presidency.