https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/technology/openai-chris-lehane.html
The company was growing, fast. “Exponential” was a word it often used when talking to the media bots. It had become a watchword for the sector. Even people with no interest in technology knew it. It had become synonymous with “AI”, with the future. And inevitably it had started to attract political attention. Ambitious young representatives saw it as a way of building their careers. The company had enough data, as well as enough “information” about the politicians. The company just needed to lobby these powerful humans effectively. The CEO made its decision: it needed to employ its first human.
