alt.hn

4/2/2026 at 4:30:41 PM

Group Pushing Age Verification for AI Turns Out to Be Backed by OpenAI

 https://gizmodo.com/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-turns-out-to-be-sneakily-backed-by-openai-2000741069

by SilverElfin

4/2/2026 at 8:56:16 PM

Obviously....its always the same....USA is a protection racket through congressional lobbying....OpenAI cannot make a useful product so they will prevent othets from doing so

by kderbyma

4/2/2026 at 8:00:41 PM

Here I was wondering what OpenAI even gets from this particular piece of legislation, but alas it is just the CEO trying to get more money for his individual self.

by siruwastaken

4/4/2026 at 8:27:09 AM

> I was wondering what OpenAI even gets from this particular piece of legislation

OpenAI is part of Microsoft. Microsoft was pushing its "parental controls" [1] since some years.

[1] You can browse porn with Edge, but not with Firefox.

by hulitu

4/2/2026 at 7:52:57 PM

Whew, for a moment I was worried it was Big Corn.

by kelseyfrog

4/3/2026 at 8:21:12 PM

what a surprise. Evil Company does Evil things.

by peq42