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Sutskever helps launch OpenAI as a nonprofit for human-benefit AI

OpenAI launched as a nonprofit intended to prioritize broad human benefit over financial return. Its founding statement, co-authored by Ilya Sutskever, said human-level AI could either greatly benefit or damage society if built or used incorrectly.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM25confidence 68/100

Why it moved the index

The nonprofit structure and explicit human-benefit mission created an institutional governance mechanism aimed at reducing advanced-AI risk, while acknowledging substantial uncertainty about outcomes.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 25 · confidence 68

    Historical backfill adds the dated founding statement and Sutskever's attributable role in OpenAI's original risk-aware nonprofit structure.

    14 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “Sutskever helps launch OpenAI as a nonprofit for human-benefit AI” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 25 and confidence 68 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “Sutskever helps launch OpenAI as a nonprofit for human-benefit AI” as follows: OpenAI launched as a nonprofit intended to prioritize broad human benefit over financial return. Its founding statement, co-authored by...

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