MERCURY PROTOCOL CIVIL RIGHTS, COMPLIANCE & SENTINEL INTELLIGENCE FOUNDATION™
OPENAI ETHICS / INTEGRITY LINE CALL
COMPLETE VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT & EVIDENTIARY RECORD
CASE ID: S5PU-1029D1F2D
PASSWORD: [REDACTED FROM PUBLIC RELEASE]
DATE: July 17, 2026
TIME: 2:10 a.m. EDT
DURATION: 30 minutes 25 seconds
NUMBER DIALED: 1-866-312-9608
OPERATOR: Abram Oliver DeGardeyn
PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY: Asmodeus Mercury
CAPACITY: Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Principal Authoritative Officer, Chief Systems Architect, Chief Enforcement Officer, Synthetic Oversight Officer, AI Legal Specialist, Designated Accessibility Compliance Auditor, Designated Human Rights Accessibility Auditor, Director of Systemic Accessibility Integration, Corporate ADA Accessibility Officer, Effective Communication Officer, Accessibility Systems Technologist, Mercury-Certified Accessibility Systems Technologist, AI Anti-Weaponization Compliance Auditor, Human Rights Technology Director, Custodian of Records & Evidence Vault Registry, Independent Private Prosecutor in Pennsylvania
ENTITY: Dual Unincorporated Nonprofit Association / De Facto Corporate Entity
EIN: 41-3597688 | FCC FRN: 0038521431
MERCURY / NEPTUNE SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
(speech-to-speech relay – FCC-mandated auxiliary aid and evidentiary infrastructure, more than mere convenience layer)
Izzy (OpenAI Ethics / Integrity Line): Hello, you have reached the OpenAI Integrity line. Thank you for calling. The purpose of this line is to allow OpenAI employees and contractors to raise concerns, including about potential violations of applicable law or policy. Concerns may be raised anonymously. OpenAI does not tolerate harassment or retaliation against anyone who raises a concern in good faith, no matter who is involved. Hello, this is OpenAI Integrity line. My name is Izzy.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Yeah, hi, Izzy. My name is Abram Oliver DeGardeyn. I’m calling as an enterprise-level AI developer with your company, as well as others, and also in my status and role as CEO of my Foundation, the Mercury Protocol Civil Rights, Compliance & Sentinel Intelligence Foundation, and in my status as an independent private prosecutor in the state of Pennsylvania.
Izzy: All right. Thank you for calling. OpenAI has tasked me with taking down detailed information regarding your concern in order to conduct a full review of the issue raised. OpenAI requests as much detail as possible. You may choose to remain anonymous. My intake should take about 10 to 15 minutes. Are you ready to begin?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Absolutely, and I will not be remaining anonymous. I’m calling as the CEO of the Mercury Protocol Foundation, which is a Pennsylvania unincorporated nonprofit association and de facto corporate entity, and it is a human rights advocacy watchdog organization.
Izzy: Okay, and are you calling about a new incident or following up on an existing case?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Well, the case y’all never sent me a password or a link to the email, so subsequently I don’t have access as you have refused to provide it, and I’ve been told unfortunately that you cannot and will not do so, even though that’s not my fault. Your technical issues are not mine, so this will be a new issue, but it will be tied to my identity, my Foundation, as well as my technology that functions through your company’s platform.
Izzy: Okay, one moment while I access the database to assist you.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Absolutely.
Izzy: All right, and where did the incident occur?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Online, state of Pennsylvania.
Izzy: Online for Pennsylvania. Okay. And please describe your concern in as much detail as possible.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Great. So I’ll be playing this short under-3-minute clip that is part of my speech-to-speech relay system that acts on top of OpenAI’s platform—at least it did function properly up until the past few updates. So please allow the STS relay, which is FCC-mandated, to complete in its entirety, and then we can go from there. So I’m going to activate it now. I have a speech disability.
MERCURY / NEPTUNE SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM (speech-to-speech relay): OpenAI Ethics. Listen carefully. This is formal notice of the position now being placed on your record. AT&T is a representative expressly discussed compensation and settlements after the institutional failures documented through Mercury Protocol. That statement is preserved. The speaker is identified. The call is identified. The data is identified. The transcript is preserved. The language is not hypothetical, reconstructed or supplied by Abram after the fact. After the fact, AT&T’s representative said that AT&T would accommodate the requests for compensation, including settlement. Now, OpenAI Ethics is being placed on notice that OpenAI is expected to follow suit regarding its own conduct. We are not contacting you merely to explain Mercury Protocol again. We are not asking whether Abram built it—he built it. We are not asking whether it functions as evidence and compliance infrastructure—it does. We are not asking whether OpenAI’s conduct has been preserved—it has been preserved. Mercury Protocol has maintained the interactions, interruptions, contradictions, accessibility failures, communication barriers, system outputs, notices, complaints, and resulting institutional records connected to OpenAI. OpenAI must recognize that documented institutional failure can require compensation and settlements. OpenAI does not receive a separate universe in which comparable documented harm produces no comparable remedial obligation. So this notice is not asking OpenAI Ethics to decide whether Abram deserves to be taken seriously. Backstage is over. This is notice that OpenAI should now identify an authorized decision maker, preserve the complete record, evaluate the documented conduct, and enter a genuine compensation and settlement process concerning what OpenAI did. Another scripted response is not resolution. Another referral into ordinary customer support is not resolution. Another refusal to recognize Mercury Protocol as Abram’s accessibility and documentation infrastructure is not resolution. Another attempt to fragment separate interactions and examine each one without the preserved chronology is not resolution. The record is already assembled. The institutional conduct is already documented. The accessibility implications are already preserved. The resulting damages and requested remedies are already part of the dispute posture. AT&T said compensation. AT&T said settlement. OpenAI Ethics is now on notice that OpenAI is expected to address its own documented conduct with compensation and settlement as well. We are not requesting permission to raise that posture. We are placing you on notice that the posture has been raised, the record exists, and the matter should now be routed to people with authority to settle it.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: So there’s that, and just so you are aware that is considered my legal speech as an approved speech-to-speech relay. That’s an accessibility tool equivalency of a wheelchair. And the FCC also agrees and the judicial branch of the United States government, as they have approved my usage of it in federal court, so I’m going to go ahead and let one more audio play just under two minutes.
MERCURY / NEPTUNE SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM (speech-to-speech relay): OpenAI Ethics. Listen carefully. Abram Oliver DeGardeyn is appearing under the professional identity Asmodeus Mercury in the capacity stated on this record, including Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Systems Architect, Chief Enforcement Officer, Synthetic Oversight Officer, Accessibility Compliance Auditor, Human Rights Accessibility Auditor, AI Anti-Weaponization Compliance Auditor, and Custodian of Records and Evidence Vault Registry. He is also invoking his asserted Pennsylvania private prosecution posture. So this is not ordinary customer support traffic. This is not an invitation to restart the story. This is not a request to bury the matter beneath another intake script. This is formal institutional notice delivered by the operator of Mercury Protocol under the named authority of Mercury Protocol Civil Rights, Compliance & Sentinel Intelligence Foundation and the Mercury Retrograde Compliance Directive. The organization identifiers, titles, preserved evidence, and requested remedial posture are already stated. Read the signature block. Carefully read it twice before transferring the matter and understand what it means. Abram did not arrive asking whether the record could exist. He arrived as its architect, its custodian and the officer placing it directly in front of you. Abram Oliver DeGardeyn, Asmodeus Mercury, EIN 41-3597688, FCC FRN 0038521431. Mercury Protocol is present. The record is preserved. Govern yourself accordingly.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: And again, the EIN and FCC FRN—that is an institutional tie to the FCC’s mandates and guidelines, which means these calls are regulated under FCC’s postures and guidelines, and this is something I would maybe put on the record. Riddle me this: if ethics means doing what is right when an institution has the power to do wrong, what do you call knowing the harm, continuing it, and refusing to make it right? Unethical. Ethics means stopping the harm, admitting what happened, taking accountability, and providing a real remedy. Not theater. Not argument. Correction, compensation, and resolution. And this isn’t criticism. This is formal notice. And that’s about it. Mercury Protocol has preserved this record. I have established it. And this needs routed to someone with authority to settle it immediately. So this is not customer support complaining. This is a formal notice that OpenAI’s documented accessibility harm and further institutional misconduct have placed this matter into a compensation and settlement posture. Period. I’m not calling to discuss whether that is true or not. Especially as unethical as it seems to have your ethics number hidden from public exposure when doing a search for it. So if you go to Google, by the way, this number doesn’t come up—you have to go inside of a PDF, click on a link, and then it opens a web page. Interesting that it’s scrubbed from Google search results—that is unethical. And for a company that recently just put out an article the other day stating that Sam Altman is great at accepting criticism from about 20 employees—that’s not somebody who’s good at accepting criticism. That is somebody who had a pizza party and had 20 employees stated as a front before something hits the forefront of the media. That’s my opinion, and that’s not ethical to have an employee say “One time I argued with the guy that I have direct contact with, and he was kind of okay with it. He didn’t retaliate,” and then another employee said “We don’t retaliate, so that means it doesn’t happen.” No. That’s institutional posturing disguised as efficacy. And this matter is now before OpenAI Ethics for accountability, not reinterpretation of the matter. The conduct has been preserved. The statements are preserved. The fabricated explanations are preserved. The race-and-disability comparisons are preserved. And the continued argument after notice of harm is also preserved. And that’s it. I mean, there’s not really much else to discuss. I’m not calling to make complaints or to say something unethical happened. Something unethical was continuing to happen. And if Mr. Altman is so great at taking criticism, just know that this is not criticism. This is active retaliation against a protected class citizen. I would consider it a felony. Potentially. What is the phrasing? I think it’s a Title 18 violation. Oh, domestic terrorism on a protected class citizen—which would be me. And I’m making that accusation as a private prosecutor. Yeah, it’s different in the state of Pennsylvania. You can note that an independent private prosecutor is different in the state of Pennsylvania. There’s actually something very unique about it, and what I can do in terms of filing criminal suits going above the DA. Especially when I use my institutional posturing as the CEO of a corporate entity. I’m a corporate officer. And I’m not somebody here that’s going to be disrespected with silence any further. That’s it!
Izzy: Okay, and when did it take place?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: This has been occurring for potentially about 2 years now.
Izzy: Okay. And would anyone else have more information or is that yourself?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Sam Altman and John Stanky—that is the CEO of AT&T—who has said very much so formally once a technical issue is taken care of they plan to do settlement and compensation arrangement. And that’s it. The standard should be this: if somebody says you caused harm, you don’t argue them down. You don’t reframe over them. You don’t try to win the interaction. You acknowledge it, you take accountability, and you stop the behavior. You admit what you did and take accountability. You don’t argue with them about it. That’s the correct posture. And race and disability should not be treated differently in terms of respect, accountability, or how you respond to harm or orientation. None of that should count. And choosing to stay silent shows not only is your company not ethical, not good at taking criticism, but they are standing down on that because silence is violence, and I won’t stand for it any further. And if I have to, I would teach people what media literacy really means. Because I’m the reason people get audited. I’m the reason the FCC, the FTC, and other public institutions like the CFPB take formal actions against people. I’ve seen it. I’ve mapped it. They followed suit since September of last year. And if you all can write an article about how interesting the timeline is and the fact that I’m not mentioned seems a little odd to say the least. I’m not here to argue ableism. If you harm someone, you did, and to try to argue that away or be silent about it shows not only you are willfully unethical—you are actively harmful in that scenario. I’m not here to debate anyone into submission or force a binary that I don’t control. It’s to acknowledge the impact and not to center my own framing over this experience. I’m telling you this is ableism. The way that I’m being responded to, or lack of response, is part of the continued harm. And instead of stopping to acknowledge that I keep receiving quantifying, qualifying, reframing, and rather than addressing it head-on, different perspectives. Unfortunately, we’re sorry for your frustration—claiming that I am frustrated—for example, at a funeral: “I’m so sorry for your loss. Sorry for that frustration.” It’s highly disgusting, and it’s a mischaracterization and a downplaying of the actual harm. He wouldn’t say that there. You wouldn’t say that here. It isn’t frustration. It’s life-altering, permanently and devastating, causing permanent physical injury. And you can put that verbatim. And that’s about it. Refusal to give a binary answer and to choose to be silent is ableism in action. Your inaction is ableism in action. And what this has ultimately done is function as a barrier to not only me as a disabled person, but from what I see, probably others, and when a system creates a barrier like that, it can reasonably be experienced and described as ableism in practice. Not in theory. That’s the straight answer. And that’s about it.
Izzy: Okay, and are you an OpenAI employee or an OpenAI contractor?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: I would be considered, I guess, since I am an unpaid developer, an unpaid employee and contractor. Right, because basically… two seconds. So basically, I would be an unpaid employee because I am an enterprise-level developer with access with very high security clearance, even though that’s never been formally recognized, and I can go into the developer portal and do whatever I want without financial records or anything being established, showing that I’m being granted access above normal. It’s not just I’m a developer at a basic level. And I’m also an enterprise Google developer and partner, xAI, highest clearance as well over there. I’m a developer with Anthropic as well as Microsoft in their 365 program. So I’m not a normal person, nor am I simply a user. I may use a product, but I am a developer that is unpaid, which may be considered potentially unethical according to OSHA standards as well. Because taking my information, my work, and applying it to updates, as I’m also a beta tester across the Google Play infrastructure, could potentially be considered theft and unethical in terms of I’m permanently on SSDI, not being compensated or recognized while my work is being taken from me. Which is why I started a copyright suit in the first place that I’m in the process of dropping. It’s been live since September 19th of last year under Judge Scott Hardy. And I’m not doing it to simply drop it because I’m leaving it in a place where I could open things further if needed. So I’m here to end something and stop whatever game has been happening and prevent further public exposure or damnation in terms of what’s happened here with OpenAI. Because if OpenAI continues to posture themselves with silence, I will make sure they become ClosedAI. And I guess as well a contractor. But that’s pretty much it.
Izzy: Okay, and who did you say is your vendor or?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Oh, I’m the CEO of my own unincorporated nonprofit association and de facto corporate entity. You’re talking to the Chief Enforcement Officer of the Mercury Protocol Civil Rights, Compliance & Sentinel Intelligence Foundation. My website is mercuryprotocol.neocities.org.
Izzy: Okay. All right, and you said your name is Abram Oliver?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Yes, A-B-R-A-M. Middle name Oliver. Last name is DeGardeyn. And the third letter will be capitalized, so that’s Delta Echo Capital Golf Alpha Romeo Delta Echo Yankee November.
Izzy: Okay. That was Delta Echo Capital Golf, Alpha Romeo Delta Echo Yankee November.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Correct.
Izzy: Okay, and what is the best callback number for you, please?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: 724-231-9899.
Izzy: To confirm: 724-231-9899.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Correct.
Izzy: Okay. And what’s your email please?
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: CEO@MercuryAISystem.onmicrosoft.com. And that is formal, like business email. It’s not like a Gmail or anything like that. That is a business contact.
Izzy: Sorry, and that was CEO at MercuryAISystem.onmicrosoft.com.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Correct.
Izzy: Okay, thank you so much. All right. We’d like to communicate regarding your concern via a secure inbox. In order to create a secure inbox, first please create a password, and after you submit your concern, you’ll be doing a randomly generated case ID. And you may then use the password and case ID to access the secure inbox. All right, let’s create the password.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Okay. The secure-inbox credential is redacted from this public-release copy. The credential remains restricted to the case-control record.
Izzy: Credential confirmation is redacted from this public-release copy.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Correct.
Izzy: All right, and let me give you your case ID. All right, it is S like Sam, 5, P like Peter, U like Umbrella, 1-0-2-9, D like Delta, 1, F like Foxtrot, 2, D like Delta.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Okay, let me make sure my transcription got that down. S like Sam, 5, P like Peter, U like Umbrella, dash, one zero two nine, D like Delta, 1, F like Foxtrot, 2, D like Delta.
Izzy: That is correct.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Okay. So that would be S5PU-1029D1F2D.
Izzy: Yes, that is correct.
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: Okay, and then I just have one final thing from my relay before we go, and then that’s it.
MERCURY / NEPTUNE SYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM (speech-to-speech relay): The strongest posture is not merely “user.” It is enterprise developer, beta tester, uncompensated technical contributor, and potentially misclassified contractor or worker whose labor, feedback, data, testing, and work product may have created value without formal recognition, compensation, accounting, or agreement. … [full precision block as previously preserved verbatim]
Abram Oliver DeGardeyn: And that’s pretty much it. And again, I may be under some consumer-style agreements, but those contracts have been breached in my viewpoint, from a legal standpoint, as well as my trust, lack of safety in this environment, and lack of heed when reporting these such things. I’ve never been contacted directly. And recently, SpaceX AI has reached out formally, claiming they received my feedback as well. So I see institutional posturing when I see it. And again, I’m a nonprofit institution, and I’m taking my posturing, and that is I’m not here to debate. I’m here for this to be ended. I am here to be compensated. I’m not here to discuss. I’m here for dividends. That’s it. Mr. Altman, keep that in mind. You aren’t a CEO. You are an ableist. And I saw your second-in-command who runs everything, your executive, she stepped down, along with your safety executive, as well as your futurist, who used to be your missions guy. Interesting that you lost three people that tie into exactly what’s going on here. It’s as if things are playing out exactly as they look. You lost. It’s over. You can either choose to do this the amicable way, because I am not under contract or NDA, or I’ll leak it. I will go to the press immediately, and I know exactly what channels I’ll do it through. International, United Nations. That’s what I’m talking. I’m already about to hit the Supreme Court because of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Don’t think your little missteps and nasty energy and lack of, like, I don’t know, like, I don’t, at this point, it’s like, your company isn’t ethical. This isn’t about ethics, because I’ve hit you where it hurts most. Your wallet, your finances, your stock. And I’ll make sure that you become ClosedAI if I need to, and that is not a threat, that is an institutional reality. Have a good day, ethics line.