Hold onto your keyboards, tech rebels! OpenAI just pulled a power move that’s got Silicon Valley buzzing harder than a caffeine-fueled startup pitch.

At the ripe age of 95, legendary labor activist Dolores Huerta is diving headfirst into the AI revolution, joining an advisory board that’s meant to keep OpenAI’s philanthropic soul intact while the company goes full capitalist mode.

From Farm Workers to AI Watchdogs

Huerta, who co-founded the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, isn’t exactly your typical tech advisor. She’s bringing decades of social justice street cred to a 90-day mission of making sure AI doesn’t turn into another corporate monster ready to devour workers’ rights.

The $300 Billion Question

OpenAI’s ambitions are no joke - they’re eyeing a $40 billion funding round that would value the company at a cool $300 billion. But not everyone’s buying their “we’re here to help humanity” pitch. A coalition of labor leaders is already side-eyeing the conversion, worried that profit hunger might eclipse ethical considerations.

Silicon Valley’s Soul-Searching Moment

Daniel Zingale, the commission’s convener, isn’t mincing words. “We’re interested in putting AI’s power in everyday people’s hands,” he says. Translation: We don’t want robots and algorithms turning into another tool for corporate overlords.

With Huerta on board, OpenAI just signaled that they’re serious about keeping at least one foot in the world of social responsibility. Whether that’s genuine commitment or clever PR? Well, stay tuned, tech warriors.