OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman (Eric Risberg/AP) (AP) Initial findings from a universal basic income trial backed by OpenAI head Sam Altman have been published.
Participants were given $1,000 a month to use as they wish in a relatively long-running trial conducted by OpenResearch.
Altman reportedly contributed $14 million of his own money to the study, alongside $10 million from OpenAI. The study cost $60 million to run in total.The trial started in 2020 and included about 3,000 people. They were selected based on their age, they were between 21 and 40, and their average income, which was $29,991 a year. […]
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