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OpenAI allegedly sent police to an AI regulation advocate’s door (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 week ago by along_the_road@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This is an inflammatory way of saying the guy got served papers. I'm not in love with OAI, but it rankles me when someone nakedly tries to manipulate the narrative.

I don't understand the nuances of whether it's normal for the guy to be subpoenaed—it could all be as dirty as he says, but the title makes me assume the rest of the article is just as skewed, and I walk away feeling like someone tried to recruit me to a cause rather than inform me.

[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is an inflammatory way of saying the guy got served papers.

ehh...yes and no.

they could have served the subpoena using registered mail.

or they could have used a civilian process server.

instead they chose to have a sheriff's deputy do it.

from the guy's twitter thread:

OpenAI went beyond just subpoenaing Encode about Elon. OpenAI could (and did!) send a subpoena to Encode’s corporate address asking about our funders or communications with Elon (which don’t exist).

If OpenAI had stopped there, maybe you could argue it was in good faith.

But they didn’t stop there.

They also sent a sheriff’s deputy to my home and asked for me to turn over private texts and emails with CA legislators, college students, and former OAI employees.

This is not normal. OpenAI used an unrelated lawsuit to intimidate advocates of a bill trying to regulate them. While the bill was still being debated.

in context, the subpoena and the way in which it was served sure smells like an attempt at intimidation.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I don't know how it went down, but I'm pretty sure they didn't have to give the Sheriff anything. He'd have time to go over the subpoena with a lawyer the same as if it was just mailed. It doesn't sound like there was any warrant for the Sheriff to perform a search or do anything other than drop off the papers.

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