OpenAI staff pressed Brockman over political money: he backed out of the second half of his $50 million pledge to the Leading the Future super PAC
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Inside the labs, employees can change leadership's position: the political argument over SI is also taking place within the industry itself.
According to Semafor, Greg Brockman pledged $50 million to the Leading the Future super PAC, which backs SI-friendly candidates and opposes regulation, and on June 11 withdrew the second half, $25 million, saying he felt "awful" that the group kept reflecting on the company. Since February, employees had written in internal Slack channels about reputational damage and a talent drain to Anthropic; 22 people replied "WTF" to a post from an account linked to the group. Chief strategy officer Jason Kwon acknowledged that it would have been better to distance themselves earlier; according to a source, Brockman also objected to the group's attacks on New York lawmaker Alex Bores.
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