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Putting Powerful AI Tools In People's Hands For Free

One of the most important things OpenAI does is put increasingly powerful technology in the hands of people for free as a public good, without ads or other monetization of the free version, because giving people great tools lets them build an incredible future for each other—this is the meaningful sense of 'open' for the mission, distinct from open-sourcing the code.

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Sam Altman

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One of the things that I think OpenAI is doing that is the most important of everything that we’re doing is putting powerful technology in the hands of people for free, as a public good.

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Sam Altman #2Lex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:36:04 AM

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