Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) in a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused the tech entrepreneur of wanting “favors” from President-elect Donald Trump after donating $1 million to his inaugural committee; Altman has been a longtime donor to Democrats.
“Funny, they never sent me one of these for contributing to democrats…,” Altman wrote on X, sharing the letter he received from the two Senate Democrats.
funny, they never sent me one of these for contributing to democrats… pic.twitter.com/xjpanXSb5D
— Sam Altman (@sama) January 17, 2025
Altman has confirmed to outlets he plans to attend Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
It appears that the two Democrats have accused Altman of seeking some form of a quid-pro-quo scheme.
“You have a clear and direct interest in obtaining favors from the incoming administration: your company and many other Big Tech donors are already the subject of ongoing federal investigations and regulatory actions,” Warren and Bennet claimed. […]
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