OpenAI urges governments to overhaul tax and labor policy before advanced AI reshapes the global economy

OpenAI released a policy paper calling on world leaders to begin preparing now for the economic disruption that advanced AI will bring, proposing changes to tax systems, labor protections, and social safety nets before superintelligence arrives. The paper argues that AI access should be treated as a foundational economic resource similar to literacy, and warns that if the technology winds up controlled by a small number of players, its promise to raise living standards for everyone will have been broken. The release comes at an awkward moment for CEO Sam Altman, as The New Yorker published an extensive investigation revealing that OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever wrote internal memos in 2023 accusing Altman of being deceptive about the company's safety protocols, the same concerns that led the board to briefly fire him before investor pressure forced his reinstatement.