Sam Altman published OpenAI's guiding principles for AGI on April 26, a five-part framework covering democratization, empowerment, universal prosperity, resilience, and adaptability. The document explicitly commits OpenAI to "resist the potential of this technology to consolidate power in the hands of the few" and to subject key AI decisions to democratic processes rather than lab-internal governance. The statement arrives as the Musk v. Altman trial is active and OpenAI finalizes its conversion from a nonprofit to a public benefit corporation, making it the company's most direct public articulation of how it intends to govern the path to AGI.