POLICY · REGULATION · #3090
OpenAI's Chris Lehane publishes essay urging AI-focused policies ahead of 2028 election
OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane published an essay comparing AI’s economic potential to the New Deal and outlining five policy priorities—covering worker protections, education, AI safety, and data center development—to shape the policy debate ahead of the 2028 U.S. presidential election. Critics, including Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute, say the proposals largely promote wider AI adoption and infrastructure expansion without binding measures to ensure workers or communities share in AI’s economic gains.
KEY POINTS
- OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane published an essay comparing AI’s economic potential to the New Deal and outlining five policy priorities—covering worker protections, education, AI safety, and data center development—to shape the policy debate ahead of the 2028 U.S.
- Critics, including Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute, say the proposals largely promote wider AI adoption and infrastructure expansion without binding measures to ensure workers or communities share in AI’s economic gains.
- It signals OpenAI’s early, public push to influence U.S. AI policy before 2028 with proposals that could shape regulation of AI safety, data centers, and workforce impacts.
WHY IT MATTERS
It signals OpenAI’s early, public push to influence U.S. AI policy before 2028 with proposals that could shape regulation of AI safety, data centers, and workforce impacts.