OpenAI’s nonprofit arm announced a $1 billion investment over the next year aimed at accelerating disease cures, examining AI’s impact on employment, and strengthening AI resilience, including biosecurity. Founder Sam Altman emphasized that the rapid advance of artificial intelligence also creates novel societal risks that no single company can manage alone, calling for a coordinated, society‑wide response. The plan forms part of a broader long‑term commitment to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Read more →

The nonprofit that controls OpenAI, now called the OpenAI Foundation, announced a plan to invest at least $1 billion in its four new program areas—life sciences, jobs and economic impact, AI resilience, and community initiatives. The commitment is described as the first tranche of a larger $25 billion pledge linked to the foundation’s equity stake following the 2023 recapitalisation that valued the for‑profit arm at roughly $130 billion. New senior hires will lead the expanded grantmaking effort, marking a dramatic shift from a $7.6 million grantmaker in 2024 to a major philanthropic player. Read more →