As a Leader in AI, What is OpenAI Doing (and Not Doing) to Self-Regulate its Ethical AI Development?

Dec 11, 2024

OpenAI, a global leader in generative AI, has been under the spotlight for its role in ethical AI development. Founded with a mission to ensure AI benefits all of humanity in its pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), the company has been pressured to consistently emphasize its ethical AI development under self-regulation in the areas of transparency, accountability, and safety. This report introduces eight metrics for evaluating the ethical frameworks of AI companies, using OpenAI as a case study. We assess the company’s strengths and shortcomings in meeting these benchmarks, identifying areas for improvement to ensure its ethical aspirations align with its operational realities.

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Author

Wei Sun

Wei is a Principal Analyst in Artificial Intelligence at Counterpoint. She is also the China founder of Humanity+, an international non-profit organization which advocates the ethical use of emerging technologies. She formerly served as a product manager of Embedded Industrial PC at Advantech. Before that she was an MBA consultant to Nuance Communications where her team successfully developed and launched Nuance’s first B2C voice recognition app on iPhone (later became Siri). Wei’s early years in the industry were spent in IDC’s Massachusetts headquarters and The World Bank’s DC headquarters.