OpenAI Plans Post-Midterm Campaign to Promote 'AI Compute Campuses'

OpenAI plans a Washington policy and communications push after the Nov. 3 midterms, branding data centers as 'AI compute campuses' to shape AI debates. Its agenda includes mandatory national AI safety rules; Chief Global Affairs Officer Chris Lehane backed four California bills on Sept. 9. OpenAI also criticized ineffective AI political spending and launched an Election Operations Center.

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