OpenAI Backs 14 AI Impact Studies With $1 Million Grants as It Adds Up to $1 Million Credits
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Updated · Semafor · Aug 17
OpenAI Backs 14 AI Impact Studies With $1 Million Grants as It Adds Up to $1 Million Credits
3 articles · Updated · Semafor · Aug 17
Summary
Fourteen projects across the US, Europe, Brazil, Singapore and South Korea were selected to study AI’s economic and social effects and propose ways to manage disruption.
OpenAI said the cohort will receive $1 million in cash funding plus up to $1 million in model credits, extending a grants call it launched earlier this year through a broader policy push.
Individual projects target workforce and safety questions: AEI and the Urban Institute will examine AI-driven labor disruption, while PPI plans a person-based benefits system for the AI economy.
The program reflects OpenAI’s argument that democracies need new policy tools to spread AI’s gains broadly and strengthen societal resilience as adoption accelerates.