# Something not mentioned in the article is that OpenAI is in direct competition with several other… * * * Something not mentioned in the article is that OpenAI is in direct competition with several other non-profits whose goals are (or include) to ensure provably friendly AI — MIRI being the obvious example. I’m a little worried that all of these seem to be run on the west coast of the US and funded by the same group of ‘california ideology’ folks — if there are any hardcore marxists around who want to ensure provably friendly AI, I recommend that they set up some competition too! By [John Ohno](https://medium.com/@enkiv2) on [December 15, 2015](https://medium.com/p/e3463032b2d). [Canonical link](https://medium.com/@enkiv2/something-not-mentioned-in-the- article-is-that-openai-is-in-direct-competition-with-several- other-e3463032b2d) Exported from [Medium](https://medium.com) on September 18, 2020.