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OpenAI considers ditching provision that would prevent AGI from being used for commercial gain

OpenAI is considering ditching a provision that would shut Microsoft out of its most advanced technology when the startup achieves AGI.

Exactly when OpenAI creates AGI, which the startup defines as “highly autonomous systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work,” is to be determined by OpenAI’s board of directors, under the current provision. Removing the provision would enable Microsoft to continue accessing — and investing in — OpenAI’s tech after AGI is achieved. The provision was intended to prevent AGI, assuming it arrives in some form eventually, from being misused for commercial gain.

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