📄 中文摘要
OpenAI 作为一家美国501(c)(3)非营利组织，每年需向国税局提交税务申报，其中一项要求是简要描述组织的使命或最重要的活动。这一描述具有法律效力，国税局可据此评估组织是否遵循其使命，从而决定是否保持非营利免税资格。通过ProPublica的非营利组织浏览工具，可以查看OpenAI从2016年至2024年的税务申报记录。作者提取了这段时间内的使命声明，分析了其演变过程。
OpenAI 使命声明的演变
出处: The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
发布: 2026年2月14日
📄 English Summary
The evolution of OpenAI's mission statement
OpenAI, as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the USA, is required to file a tax return with the IRS each year. One of the mandatory fields on this return is to briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities, which holds legal weight as the IRS uses it to evaluate if the organization is adhering to its mission and deserves to maintain its non-profit tax-exempt status. OpenAI's tax filings from 2016 to 2024 can be browsed through ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer. The author extracted the mission statements from this period to analyze their evolution.