AI Firms Push 'People-First' Policy Playbook as Public Trust Wanes
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OpenAI releases a policy paper urging a 'people-first' social contract (including a four-day work week and a public wealth fund) and expands thinktanks and lobbying to shape AI regulation, as rivals like Anthropic follow suit; critics say the moves are PR to influence policy while public distrust in AI grows and the industry seeks to blunt stricter oversight.
- AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out? The Guardian
- OpenAI published a New Deal for AI. Days later, someone firebombed Sam Altman’s house. The San Francisco Standard
- Sam Altman and Vinod Khosla agree: AI will break the economy. Their fix is no income tax for most Americans Fortune
- AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash WSJ
- OpenAI calls for robot taxes, a public wealth fund, and a 4-day workweek to tackle AI disruption Business Insider
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