OpenAI, the entity behind ChatGPT, has been making headlines in the business and legal world since its nonprofit board fired founder and CEO, Sam Altman. Altman’s dismissal and subsequent return highlighted the tension between the nonprofit structure of OpenAI and Microsoft’s hefty investment in its technology, all against the backdrop of OpenAI’s potentially dangerous pursuit of AGI (artificial general intelligence). The OpenAI nonprofit/for-profit structure presents an interesting opportunity to explore nonprofit use of for-profit entities and the issues that arise in such structures.

Speakers:‍

Ellen Aprill, Senior Scholar in Residence, Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits

Michael Dorff, Executive Director, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy

Ghaith Mahmood, Partner, Latham and Watkins

David Shevlin, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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This event was sponsored by Lowell Milken Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofits, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy and UCLA School of Law. This is a private event, open to UCLA School of Law students, faculty and invited guests. For questions, please email lowellmilkeninstitute@law.ucla.edu.​

UCLA School of Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. This activity qualified for 1 hour(s) of general MCLE credit.

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