OpenAI Publishes 'Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age,' Calls for New Social Contract Around Superintelligence

Sam Altman says superintelligence is close enough to require a policy overhaul — including taxes on AI systems, a public wealth fund, and shorter workweeks. The document reads less like a white paper and more like a political platform.

OpenAI released what it calls an "Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age" on Monday, a sweeping document that proposes a new social contract to manage the economic disruption of superintelligent AI. The full document was published on OpenAI's website, and Sam Altman personally previewed the effort to Axios, telling reporter @mikeallen that he feels "such URGENCY about the power of coming AI models" that a New Deal-style framework is necessary.

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