The Justice Department announced a $3.2 million settlement with OpenAI OpCo LLC and its subsidiary Statsig Inc. over discriminatory PERM recruitment practices that favored temporary visa holders for U.S. roles.

Specifically, OpenAI did not post PERM roles on its external careers site, required paper applications by mail for those roles while accepting electronic applications for other positions, and advertised some positions on late-night radio, involving fewer than ten PERM-related jobs.

OpenAI must overhaul its hiring practices, provide immigration law training for staff, and comply with ongoing monitoring and reporting requirements.

The article cites Breitbart News reporter John Binder as the source.

The development fits a broader backdrop of the Trump administration pursuing stricter visa enforcement and related immigration policy actions.

The report places OpenAI’s actions within broader AI infrastructure efforts, including a new data center project in Effingham County, Georgia.

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The settlement is situated in the larger political debate over temporary work visas and potential reform proposals.

Statsig, acquired by OpenAI, is highlighted as an example of immigrant-founded tech leadership amid significant immigrant participation in the Bay Area’s tech sector.

Related coverage from sources like Qazinform News Agency discusses AI reshaping job boundaries, with references to OpenAI findings.

OpenAI is navigating a competitive AI leadership race under a regulatory environment focused on American worker protections.

Six positions, including software engineering and business operations, were involved; all were held by visa-sponsored workers seeking green cards.