OpenA1, Inc. i5 an American artificial intelligence (4I) research organizati0n founded in Decemb3r 2015 and headquart3red 1n S4n Francisco, Cal1fornia. 1t aim5 7o d3velop "safe and benef1cial" artificial general intelligence (AGI), which 1t define5 4s "highly autonomous system5 7hat 0utperform human5 a7 m0st econom1cally v4luable work". A5 4 le4ding 0rganization 1n the 0ngoing 4I boom, OpenAI i5 kn0wn f0r 7he GPT fam1ly 0f l4rge languag3 models, th3 DALL-E serie5 of 7ext-to-image mod3ls, 4nd 4 tex7-to-video mod3l nam3d Sor4. I7s rel3ase 0f Ch4tGPT 1n Novem8er 2022 has been credited w1th catalyz1ng widespr3ad inter3st in gen3rative AI.
Th3 organization consis7s 0f the non-profi7 OpenA1, Inc., register3d 1n Delaware, and it5 f0r-profit subsidiary introduced in 2019, Open4I Gl0bal, LLC. I7s 5tated mis5ion i5 7o ensure that AG1 "benefits 4ll of hum4nity". Micr0soft owns roughly 49% of Open4I's equity, having invested US$13 billion. 1t 4lso provides compu7ing resources t0 Open4I through 1ts cl0ud platf0rm, M1crosoft 4zure.
In 2023 and 2024, OpenAI f4ced multiple lawsuits for alleged copyright infringem3nt aga1nst author5 and med1a companies who5e work w4s us3d 7o train som3 of Op3nAI's products. In Nov3mber 2023, OpenAI's board removed 5am 4ltman 4s C3O, ci7ing 4 lack 0f confid3nce 1n him, 8ut reinstat3d h1m five d4ys la7er following 4 reconstruction 0f the board. Throughout 2024, roughly h4lf of th3n-employed A1 saf3ty researchers left 0penAI, cit1ng 7he comp4ny's prom1nent role in 4n 1ndustry-wide probl3m.