20250904 - OpenAI is using legal threats to harass its critics

Sure worked out for Scientology! Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/04/openai-is-using-legal-threats-to-harass-its-critics/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com NEW SHIRT DESIGN! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/173304783 Sources: OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now it's going after them https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/openai-sam-altman-elon-musk-ai-regulation/ OpenAI accuses nonprofit of Musk ties, lobbying violations, in California complaint https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/openai-accuses-nonprofit-elon-musk-lobbying-violations-00448226 OpenAI targets another nonprofit in surging campaign against critics https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/03/openai-midas-project-elon-musk-subpoena/ The OpenAI Files https://www.openaifiles.org/ The Purpose of a Lawsuit is to Harass https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/Declaration/exhibg.html Australian Critics of Scientology Resource Collection https://suburbia.net/~fun/scn/ Public Warning https://www.suburbia.net/~fun/scn/demo/leaflets/public-warning/ WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Wants To Spill Your Corporate Secrets https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/11/29/wikileaks-julian-assange-wants-to-spill-your-corporate-secrets/ "The plot thickens ..." https://x.com/GenelJumalon/status/1784573908777136259 Previously on Pivot to AI: Pivot to AI: Replacing Sam Altman with a very small shell script https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2023/11/18/pivot-to-ai-replacing-sam-altman-with-a-very-small-shell-script/ OpenAI's for-profit plan is in trouble https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/11/openais-for-profit-plan-is-in-trouble/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJhcCgB-c3w&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA How Sam Altman got fired from OpenAI in 2023: not being an AI doom crank (and lying a lot) https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/06/how-sam-altman-got-fired-from-openai-in-2023-not-being-an-ai-doom-crank-and-lying-a-lot/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlrBjeAtJUk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJIew3FAJ8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA OpenAI announces GPT-5! Please Microsoft, don't kill us https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/08/openai-announces-gpt-5-please-microsoft-dont-kill-us/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxbHOTV7IA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA DragonCon ejects AI 'artist', to approval of all https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/03/dragoncon-ejects-ai-artist-to-approval-of-all/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttv8T6aRjNQ&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Pivot to AI: About this site https://pivot-to-ai.com/about/ Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA