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Watchdog slams OpenAI with IRS complaint -- warning CEO Sam Altman is poised for windfall in violation of US tax law


A tech watchdog has lodged a formal complaint against OpenAI with the Internal Revenue Service — warning that CEO Sam Altman looks poised to reap a stake worth billions in violation of US tax…

A tech watchdog has lodged a formal complaint against OpenAI with the Internal Revenue Service — warning that CEO Sam Altman looks poised to reap a stake worth billions in violation of US tax laws, The Post has learned. Getty ImagesTyler Johnston, executive director of the Midas Project, said the goal behind the complaint is to ensure that leading AI firms like OpenAI are “following the law and acting in the public interest” while developing the controversial technology at breakneck speed. Midas Project – which has built an open-source database called the OpenAI Files tracking the firm’s structure and governance, including whistleblower complaints – warned the IRS that the restructuring will weaken the nonprofit board’s ability to steer the for-profit arm.

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