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US financial watchdog urged to investigate NDAs at OpenAI | Whistleblowers say contracts include restrictions requiring staff to seek permission before contacting regulators


Whistleblowers say contracts include restrictions requiring staff to seek permission before contacting regulators

OpenAI whistleblowers have urged the US financial watchdog to investigate non-disclosure agreements at the startup after claiming the contracts included restrictions such as requiring employees to seek permission before contacting regulators. San Francisco-based OpenAI is the developer of the ChatGPT chatbot and a key player in the artificial intelligence boom, which has been accompanied by expressions of concern from experts about the potential dangerous capabilities of the technology. “Artificial intelligence is rapidly and dramatically altering the landscape of technology as we know it,” Senator Grassley told Reuters, adding that “OpenAI’s policies and practices appear to cast a chilling effect on whistleblowers’ right to speak up and receive due compensation for their protected disclosures”.

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