OpenAI Shapes Its 2028 Policy Agenda and Public-Sector Push

Policy chief Chris Lehane is pitching worker-skilling incentives, employee ownership, data-center jobs, classroom access and safety oversight as part of an election-oriented agenda. The ideas are proposals, not binding safeguards, and reporting raises questions about worker impacts and corporate power. New government-focused leadership hires reinforce OpenAI’s public-sector push, but cited potential contract value is not equivalent to obligated spending and deployment outcomes are not yet shown.