OpenAI Proposes a 'Right to AI' Framework: Public Access, Government Compute, and a Robot Tax
OpenAI laid out an aggressive policy framework calling for universal AI access, publicly funded compute infrastructure, and a tax on automation — positioning itself as the populist alternative in a week dominated by Anthropic's security drama.
OpenAI published a policy proposal this week calling for a "Right to AI" — a framework that includes guaranteed public access to AI systems, government-funded compute infrastructure, and a tax on robots and autonomous systems to fund the transition. As @skdh reported, the proposal covers an unusually broad spectrum of policy positions for a private company, ranging from the philosophical (AI as a public good) to the specific (a robot tax modeled loosely on proposals that have circulated in European policy circles for years).
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