OpenAI reveals "Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age"

OpenAI is moving beyond model building to architecting the social contract of the AGI era—part manifesto, part preemptive regulatory strike.

• –The Public Wealth Fund and "robot tax" are aggressive bets on UBI that attempt to decouple human survival from traditional employment.
• –Proposing a 32-hour work week acknowledges that AI's primary "product" is time, but ignores the massive friction of global labor market transitions.
• –The timing aligns with a rumored 2026 IPO, positioning OpenAI as a sovereign-level utility rather than just a software vendor.
• –Critics argue the framework lacks depth in complex sectors like healthcare and law, serving more as a high-level vision than a practical roadmap.
• –This is a clear attempt to lead the regulation conversation by defining the terms of the "Intelligence Age" before governments do.