The policy paper also proposes a National Transmission Highway Act to streamline the planning and payment procedures involved in building transmission infrastructure. OpenAI suggests that private investors could finance energy infrastructure projects, with the government committing to purchase some of the generated energy. The paper also recommends the creation of an AI-focused economic bloc to compete with China and suggests that the government should help train people for AI-related jobs. OpenAI believes these initiatives could create tens of thousands of jobs, boost GDP growth, and modernize the electrical grid.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has drafted a policy paper with suggestions on how to foster the U.S. artificial intelligence sector, including creating AI-focused economic zones and prioritizing the construction of wind and solar farms.
- The policy paper suggests that states could require companies launching infrastructure projects to make a share of the new compute available to their public universities to create AI research labs and developer hubs.
- OpenAI's policy paper calls for a piece of legislation dubbed the National Transmission Highway Act to streamline the planning, permitting and payment procedures involved in building transmission infrastructure.
- The company also suggests that the U.S. and allies should create an AI-focused economic bloc through a North American Compact for Artificial Intelligence to compete with China, and that the government should help train people for AI-related jobs.