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Is there enough evidence to formally investigate OpenAI?
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- Title
- Can companies like OpenAI keep getting away with what they are doing? An interview with Fordham law professor Zephyr Teachout
- Authors
- Gary Marcus
- Published
- Sep 30 2026
- Word count
- 1804 words
[I edited the title to more clearly address what I wanted to share]
Given that I've seen a lot of discussion on Tildes about how we haven't seen enough evidence to investigate and/or shut down or pause OpenAI (and other AI companies) yet, I was very happy to see this great interview from one of my favourite AI Writers - Gary Marcus - and a Law Professor + Former Investigator with the New York AG that spells out exactly what the legal mechanisms would be for such an investigation and how we've clearly passed the threshold to start (if we had a functioning US Government).
Some pertinent quotes:
It's nice to see someone asking a law professor about the law. The AI companies are doing internal investigations (which aren't done yet) and they've also asked an outside safety organization for help. I think that's mostly targeted at figuring out what happened, though? I'd be interested in seeing what an external investigation would find.