"Special voting rights could keep power in the hands of its nonprofit arm in future and so address the Tesla chief's criticisms that Altman and OpenAI have moved away from their original mission of creating powerful AI for the benefit of humanity," the FT wrote.

OpenAI is considering granting special voting rights to its nonprofit amid its transition to a for-profit company. By giving the board special voting rights, the company would be able to address criticism it had moved away from its mission of creating AI for the benefit of humanity.

OpenAI is considering granting special voting rights to its non-profit board to preserve the power of its directors, as the ChatGPT-maker fends off an unsolicited takeover bid from Elon Musk, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.