Opinion: Don’t let the OpenAI soap opera hide the precedent

From left: Elon Musk, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The courtroom spectacle in Oakland has obscured a bigger question, argues AI industry veteran Oren Etzioni: Can a charity be converted into a corporation? (GeekWire File Photos) We are watching a courtroom drama in Oakland made for motion pictures.