OpenAI Reportedly Considering Removing ‘AGI Clause’ From the Microsoft Agreement to Gain Investments

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Agreement to Gain Investments

OpenAI is reportedly considering removing a clause from its agreement with

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in a bid to gain more investments from the tech giant. As per the report, the AI firm is discussing whether to remove the artificial general intelligence (AGI) clause, which states that the Redmond-based company will not get access to the ChatGPT maker’s most advanced AI models once the latter reaches AGI. Notably, the measure is being considered to incentivise

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to continue investing more money into OpenAI.

OpenAI Reportedly Considering Ditching the AGI Clause

According to a Financial Times

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, the ChatGPT maker is planning whether or not to remove the crucial AGI clause from its agreement with

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. Citing unnamed people with knowledge of the matter, the report claimed that the AI firm is internally discussing that the removal of the AGI clause could incentivise

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to pour more funds into OpenAI.

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, OpenAI has stated that the partnership with

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does not include AGI technology, and any such technology is “explicitly carved out of all commercial and IP licensing agreements” in accordance with its nonprofit charter. Further, OpenAI determines when its generative AI system has achieved AGI.

However, as per the report, OpenAI is now considering removing this clause. This would mean that

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will gain access to the most advanced AI models of OpenAI even after the technology has gained human-like intelligence. Notably, several scientists including Geoffrey Hinton, who is considered the godfather of generative AI, have spoken

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about the harms that may come as a result of the commercialisation of AGI. The move will also break the nonprofit charter of the AI firm.

The report further highlighted recent statements made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at a New York Times conference, addressing the company structure. Altman reportedly said that the founding team was unaware that the company would become a product company and require massive capital to run. “If we knew those things, we would have picked a different structure,” the publication quoted the CEO as saying.

Notably,

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has invested more than $13 billion (roughly Rs. 1.1 lakh crore) in OpenAI since the signing of the partnership. However, OpenAI is said to be in need of more financial funding due to the extremely high costs of developing new and more advanced AI models and running heavy processing on its cloud servers. The need is dire, especially considering the capital expenditure of rival companies such as

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