OpenAI paid $3.2 million for hiding job ads from Americans. Apple paid $25 million for the same trick.
The method is the wild part: paper-only applications and job ads on late-night radio. Radio.
"OpenAI agreed to settle Justice Department allegations that it discriminated against U.S. job applicants in favor of foreign visa holders, while denying any wrongdoing" [SOURCE ↗]
THE CHARGE. DOJ says OpenAI's green-card recruitment was built not to find American applicants. PERM jobs missing from the public careers site. Applications accepted by paper mail only. Ads placed on radio, late at night. Subtle.
THE FINE PRINT. fewer than ten positions at issue. $1.2 million penalty plus a $2 million back-pay fund, plus three years of DOJ monitoring. OpenAI disagrees with the findings and paid anyway, which is how every one of these agreements ends.
THE PATTERN. this is the 13th settlement under the DOJ's revived initiative. Facebook paid $14.25 million in 2021. Apple paid $25 million in 2023. The recruitment playbook is an industry standard. So is the settlement.
On August 4, 2026, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced a settlement with OpenAI over allegations that its green-card recruitment discriminated against U.S. job applicants in favor of foreign visa holders. The alleged method is the wild part. According to the DOJ, the PERM jobs w
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