---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Collective alignment: public input on our Model Spec"
description: "OpenAI surveyed over 1,000 people worldwide on how AI should behave and compared their views to our Model Spec. Learn how collective alignment is shaping AI defaults to better."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/collective-alignment-aug-2025-updates"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2025-08-27"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 64
confidence: 0.9
---

# Collective alignment: public input on our Model Spec

# Claim

OpenAI surveyed over 1,000 people worldwide on how AI should behave and compared their views to our Model Spec. Learn how collective alignment is shaping AI defaults to better reflect diverse human values and perspectives.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a lower-to-mid strength vendor signal for the capability register. It does not prove displacement on its own, but it records another platform step that can later show up as workflow automation, procurement change, or organisational dependency.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: General AI capability
* Capability: Agent platform and API infrastructure
* Cope score: 64
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Collective alignment: public input on our Model Spec](https://openai.com/index/collective-alignment-aug-2025-updates)