If AI IP Is Existential, Why Do Labs Stay in Non-Compete-Free California?

Engineer Su Shenzang asks why AI labs treat their IP as existential yet stay headquartered in California where non-competes are unenforceable, and argues the kill-switch fantasy died with GPT-3, leaving open source as the last hope for safety.

2026-09-18 ~ 2026-09-18 · 4 related posts

• Ex-AI exec: labs claim existential IP stakes yet operate in California where non-competes are void — suchenzang · 2026-09-18
• Ex-OpenAI researcher: kill-switch hopes died with GPT-3; open-source is safety's last hope — suchenzang · 2026-09-18

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