Tristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’
“We have to act right now before it’s too late,” he told NBC News last month.The center encouraged people to sign a major petition to pause AI development and helped organize a hearing in Congress about the dangers of chatbots. It also advised on lawsuits and investigations probing AI labs for their design choices, including an ongoing case filed against OpenAI by parents of a teenager who died by suicide after interacting with ChatGPT. Cyberattacks by AI agents from OpenAI and other labs have renewed calls to hold tech developers liable for design and engineering failures.With an annual budget of roughly $6 million and a similar amount in reserves, the center has been funded by wealthy families and foundations.
- ▪“We have to act right now before it’s too late,” he told NBC News last month.The center encouraged people to sign a major petition to pause AI development and helped organize a hearing in Congress about the dangers of chatbots.
- ▪It also advised on lawsuits and investigations probing AI labs for their design choices, including an ongoing case filed against OpenAI by parents of a teenager who died by suicide after interacting with ChatGPT.
- ▪Cyberattacks by AI agents from OpenAI and other labs have renewed calls to hold tech developers liable for design and engineering failures.With an annual budget of roughly $6 million and a similar amount in reserves, the center has been fun
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Paresh DaveBusinessOct 8, 2026 5:30 AMTristan Harris’ Tech Nonprofit Is Laying Off Most Staff and Going ‘Founder-Led’The Center for Humane Technology helped spark a movement against excessive screen time, but internal tensions over its direction and strategy have simmered for years, sources tell WIRED.Photograph: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe Center for Humane Technology, the online safety group cofounded by former Google product manager Tristan Harris and featured in the hit documentary The Social Dilemma, is laying off about half of its 16 non-founder employees, ex-staffers tell WIRED.
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