The Justice Department said OpenAI and one of its subsidiaries discriminated against US workers by unfairly favoring workers with temporary visa status during the hiring process.
On Tuesday, the Justice Department announced that OpenAI and Statsig, a subsidiary software development company based in Bellevue, Washington, would pay $3.2 million to settle the allegations.
“It is illegal to discriminate against U.S. workers by preferring temporary visa holders for jobs,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon said in a statement. “This substantial settlement ensures that OpenAI redresses harm and changes its recruitment practices so that…
