this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Elizabeth Holmes literally hired people to do this same exact thing to suspected whistleblowers as Theranos was being exposed. If they're at the stage where they're having to resort to scaring people into silence, it doesn't bode well for investors.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Was just going to comment the same thing. OpenAI has Theranos written all over its face.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A man who works at an AI watchdog group was alarmed when OpenAI suddenly showed up at his doorstep last fall, demanding he turn over documents. To his utter disbelief, he was being subpoenaed.

“It’s a bit scary to know that the most valuable private company in the world has your address and has shown up and has questions for you,” the man, Tyler Johnston, who founded the nonprofit advocacy group The Midas Project, said in a new interview with A More Perfect Union.

“They were asking for every former employee we had spoken to and what we said to them,” he added. “Every congressional office that we spoke to, every potential investor that we spoke to.”

Johnston wasn’t alone. In all, NBC News reported last October that at least seven nonprofits that had been critical of OpenAI were served with subpoenas around the time of reporting, as part of a lawsuit between OpenAI and Elon Musk.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago
[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago

Good news for OpenAI's investors! This is definitely that kind of behaviour that shows utmost confidence in the inevitable success of their product. After all, everyone knows that the more certain your company is to be successful, the more any mild criticism has the potential to harm you. It's definitely not the other way round.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

These are definitely the kinds of actions a privacy respecting definitely not a scam company would do, yes? [/obvious sarcasm, eyebrows at maximum height]

Ai is a novelty, no one will pay for it. Open ai will go bankrupt, buy shorts now