OpenAI's Greg Brockman Pulls Out of Second $25M Donation to AI Super PAC
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-10-01
Per NYT, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and his wife Anna withdrew a planned second $25 million donation to the AI super PAC Leading the Future. In a June Slack message, Brockman said he had donated $25M "so far" with "no plans to donate more," calling the group a growing distraction for the company amid backlash over AI safety.
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