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OpenAI to pay $3.2 million over allegations it favored visa holders and discouraged US job applicants

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What just happened? OpenAI may be celebrating its recent milestone of hitting more than one billion weekly active users, but the company has just received some less-welcome news. Both the ChatGPT maker and a subsidiary must pay $3.2 million to settle US Justice Department allegations that they discriminated against US applicants by favoring temporary visa holders for jobs and discouraging US applicants.

The settlement addresses allegations that OpenAI and Statsig, which makes product development software, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by preferring visa holders for jobs during the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) process. INA bars discrimination based on citizenship.

PERM allows a US employer to sponsor workers for permanent resident status. However, the employer must prove that no qualified, willing, or able US workers are available for the jobs.

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