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A donor can sue and win in cases of fraud. Being a 501 (c) isn’t some shield that means any behavior is permitted.

In this case there’s a specific agreement that’s allegedly been breached. Basically they said results of AI research would be shared openly without benefiting any specific party, and then later entered into a private agreement with Microsoft.

I don’t know how binding any of this is, but I doubt this will simply be dismissed by the judge.




> Being a 501 (c) isn’t some shield that means any behavior is permitted.

Its pretty much—especially a 501c3—the opposite, a substantial set of restrictions in behavior, on top of those which would face an organization doing similar things that was not a 501c3.




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