OpenAI will no longer deny its nonprofit discount to religious organizations under a settlement reached with the Christian ministry Holy Sexuality.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents Holy Sexuality, said Wednesday that OpenAI has agreed to scrap its policy barring religious nonprofits from receiving its 20% discount for ChatGPT subscriptions.
“Christians and other people of faith aren’t second-class citizens in California, and tech companies can’t deny otherwise available discounts to customers simply because they’re religious,” said Phil Sechler, director of the ADF’s Center for Free Speech.
He added, “OpenAI did the right thing by reversing course, agreeing to give Holy Sexuality the ChatGPT discount it offers other nonprofits and eliminating its discriminatory policy.”
Holy Sexuality, a San Diego-based ministry that creates video curriculum on biblical principles of human sexuality, sued in May after its application for the 20% subscription discount was denied based on its status as a religious group.