OpenAI allegedly sent police to the door of an AI regulation advocate

Would OpenAI send the police to your door if you advocated for AI regulation? Nathan Calvin, a lawyer who shapes policies surrounding technology at Encode AI, It claims that OpenAI has done just that.

“One Tuesday night, as my wife and I were sitting down to dinner, a sheriff’s deputy knocked on the door to serve me a subpoena from OpenAI,” Calvin wrote on X. In addition to subpoenaing the organization he works for, Calvin claims that OpenAI subpoenaed him personally, with the sheriff’s deputy subpoenaing his private communications with California legislators, college students, and former OpenAI employees.

OpenAI’s Head of Mission Coordination, Joshua Achiam, Reply to Calvin’s post on X. “At what may be a risk to my entire career, I will say: This does not look great,” Achim wrote. “We cannot do things that would make us a fearsome force instead of a virtuous force. We have a duty and a mission to all of humanity. The bar to following through on that duty is remarkably high.”

Tyler Johnston, founder Artificial Intelligence Monitoring Group Project Midassimilarly He mentioned that he and his organization He received subpoenas from OpenAI. Johnston said OpenAI requested “a list of names of every journalist, congressional office, partner organization, former employee, and member of the public” the organization spoke to about restructuring OpenAI.

Edge It reached out to OpenAI seeking comment but did not immediately receive a response.