Hacker News with Generative AI: Non-Profit Organizations

OpenAI scraps controversial plan to become for-profit after mounting pressure (arstechnica.com)
On Monday, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI announced it will remain under the control of its founding nonprofit board, scrapping its controversial plan to split off its commercial operations as a for-profit company after mounting pressure from critics.

OpenAI, Non-Profit Organizations, Artificial Intelligence, Business

5 points by jnord 4 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI to remain under non-profit control in change of restructuring plans (cnn.com)

OpenAI, Non-Profit Organizations, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Restructuring

6 points by greenburger 4 days ago | 0 comments

We May Be About to Lose a Powerful Force in Video Game Preservation (timeextension.com)
"Currently, in our bank account, we have £2100 (around $2800). It's not even enough to pay the rent for one month," explains Joseph Redon, head of the Japanese Game Preservation Society. He's describing the end of the non-profit organisation he set up in 2011 with the aim of properly safeguarding Japanese gaming history before it is lost forever.

Video Games, Preservation, Non-Profit Organizations, Japan

41 points by arm 7 days ago | 1 comments

D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia's Tax-Exempt Status (thefp.com)
Ed Martin, the firebrand Republican activist whom President Donald Trump picked to be the top prosecutor in D.C., has a new target: Wikipedia.

Politics, Law, Non-Profit Organizations

14 points by coloneltcb 14 days ago | 4 comments

Defend the Internet Archive (archive.org)
The Internet Archive needs your help.

Internet Archive, Non-Profit Organizations, Digital Preservation, Advocacy

15 points by TangerineDream 22 days ago | 1 comments

IRS making plans to rescind Harvard's tax-exempt status (cnn.com)

IRS, Taxes, Harvard University, Non-Profit Organizations

26 points by ironyman 23 days ago | 5 comments

Mitre-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding (nextgov.com)
The U.S. government funding needed for non-profit research giant MITRE to develop, operate and maintain its flagship Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Program will expire Wednesday, the company confirmed to Nextgov/FCW.

Cybersecurity, Government Funding, Non-Profit Organizations

56 points by danso 24 days ago | 6 comments

Marginalia Search receives second nlnet grant (marginalia.nu)
I’m happy and grateful to announce that the Marginalia Search project has been accepted for a second nlnet grant.

Funding, Research, Open Source, Non-Profit Organizations

74 points by marginalia_nu 45 days ago | 8 comments

WWF helping facilitate trade in polar bear fur, investigation reveals (theguardian.com)
The wildlife charity WWF has been working to support the trade in polar bear fur at the same time as using images of the bears to raise money, it can be revealed.

Wildlife Conservation, Polar Bears, Trade, Investigation, Non-Profit Organizations

8 points by c420 83 days ago | 0 comments

Bloomberg Announces Effort to Ensure U.S. Honors Paris Agreement Commitments (bloomberg.org)
Following the United States’ second withdrawal, Bloomberg Philanthropies and others will ensure the nation’s funding and reporting obligations to the UN Climate Change Secretariat are met

Climate Change, Politics, Environmental Policy, International Relations, Non-Profit Organizations

46 points by geox 104 days ago | 34 comments

Indiana bill to end tax breaks for non-profit hospitals that overcharge patients (theguardian.com)
Indiana lawmakers are pushing to slash hospital prices after a Guardian investigation chronicled how one of the state’s largest non-profit hospital chains bought up its competition and used its market power to stick patients with some of the highest bills in the country.

Healthcare, Non-Profit Organizations, Indiana, Legislation, Pricing

4 points by howard941 107 days ago | 0 comments

The Free Software Foundation is dying (2023) (drewdevault.com)
Today, almost 40 years on, the FSF is dying.

Free Software, Non-Profit Organizations, Technology, Open Source

6 points by dcassett 123 days ago | 1 comments

Mozilla Foundation lays off about third of staff (theregister.com)
The Mozilla Foundation is laying off about a third of its staff. The non-profit org, which oversees the corporation that develops the Firefox web browser, insists it will continue its advocacy mission, though its approach may change.

Mozilla Foundation, Layoffs, Non-Profit Organizations, Firefox

14 points by OptionOfT 184 days ago | 4 comments

Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division (theverge.com)
The Mozilla Foundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, TechCrunch reports.

Mozilla, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Advocacy, Non-Profit Organizations

236 points by doener 185 days ago | 139 comments

Democratising Publishing (onolan.org)
Ghost is a distributed non-profit foundation which gives away all of its intellectual property under a permissive MIT license.

Publishing, Open Source, Non-Profit Organizations

6 points by ValentineC 191 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI Is a Bad Business (wheresyoured.at)
OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way.

OpenAI, Business, AI, Non-Profit Organizations, For-Profit Organizations

18 points by speckx 219 days ago | 5 comments

Launch of Social Web Foundation (socialwebfoundation.org)
Leaders of the open social networking movement have formed the Social Web Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making connections between social platforms with the open standard protocol ActivityPub.

Social Media, Open Source, Non-Profit Organizations

13 points by niel 227 days ago | 1 comments

Privacy app maker Proton transitions to non-profit foundation structure (techcrunch.com)

Privacy, Non-Profit Organizations, Technology, Software

27 points by ahamez 326 days ago | 1 comments

Why I'm Joining Mozilla as Executive Director (mozilla.org)

Mozilla, Leadership, Non-Profit Organizations

40 points by mgd 359 days ago | 4 comments

The Internet Archive's last-ditch effort to save itself (locals.com)

Internet Archive, Non-Profit Organizations, Technology, Digital Preservation

475 points by rbanffy 375 days ago | 403 comments

Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit (joinmastodon.org)