The Prompt

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Welcome to The Prompt. AI isn’t well understood, but we learn a lot in our work that can help. In this edition, the team share some of our learnings with you.

Reimagining how we experience AI—beyond screens, into new kinds of computers. Plus: bipartisan AI support, falling costs, and new tools transforming daily life.

How we think about tech shapes how we use it. This issue explores AI’s effects on jobs, public perception, and innovation — plus fresh insights from OpenAI’s Global Affairs team.

This week: new insights on tech trust in DC, energy use myths around AI, and how perceptions shaped by social and search are redefining the landscape for AI companies.

How pop culture shapes AI perceptions, ideas for powering the AI era, and growing support for nuclear energy — this week’s insights from The Prompt.

OpenAI tracks China’s accelerating AI outreach through Zhipu AI and reflects on what democratic, responsible AI progress looks like amid rapid global competition

As AI scales, data centers, energy, and talent define global power dynamics. This edition explores where investment flows—and how OpenAI is shaping the frontier.

How democratic nations are aligning on AI standards, what workers really think about using AI, and how nonprofits are getting hands-on with new tools.

As global AI races intensify, OpenAI ramps up infrastructure and jobs at home—proving why building fast, open, and democratically matters for the AI future.

New data shows AI is already lifting productivity—from software engineering to classrooms—signaling its growing role in economic and educational transformation

This week: OpenAI’s new open-weights models and a roadmap for fair AI competition—promoting open data, interoperability, and democratic innovation worldwide.

This week: a proposal to harmonize U.S. AI rules, insights on China’s industrial AI push, and new data showing Americans growing more comfortable with the technology.

AI is boosting developer speed while reshaping how we talk about tech—turns out, people feel better about ‘AI’ than ‘artificial intelligence.

OpenAI shares how it’s handling moments of user distress, challenges misleading AI ‘failure’ stats, and calls for a universal Right to AI—safe, accessible, and for everyone.

As AI reshapes work, OpenAI’s Certifications and Jobs Platform will train 10M Americans and connect them to emerging roles in the Intelligence Age economy.

AI skills are the new currency of work. This issue explores how employers, educators, and policymakers can bridge demand and access through smarter, inclusive training.

ChatGPT use tops 700M weekly, reshaping work and learning worldwide. A new study shows AI’s growing consumer impact, from closing gaps to creating unseen economic value.

Americans lost $12B to scams last year. This edition shows how ChatGPT is helping detect them—and how OpenAI and AARP are teaming up to build safer, AI-ready communities.

OpenAI’s partnerships—from Nvidia to Samsung—are powering AI progress and safety worldwide. This edition shows why collaboration, not isolation, drives innovation

AI is changing how we work. This edition shares OpenAI’s Workforce Blueprint—a roadmap to help people, companies, and communities thrive in the AI-powered economy.

Is AI in a bubble? OpenAI’s Adam Cohen says hype exists—but so does lasting value. This issue explores speculation, optimism gaps, and real-world AI use driving progress.

OpenAI’s Foundation gains historic funding to unite profit and purpose—linking AI progress with philanthropy to advance health, resilience, and democratic benefit.

AI is a once-in-a-century opportunity to power growth, jobs, and energy innovation. OpenAI’s new plan calls for U.S. investment in AI infrastructure, manufacturing, and workforce training.

From proofs to protein design, GPT-5 is speeding up science. OpenAI for Science aims to make discovery 10x faster—helping researchers solve big problems in health, energy, and beyond.

OpenAI unveils grid-flexible data centers that cut peak load and lower costs, while enterprise AI adoption grows globally and boosts workers’ productivity.

OpenAI explores four possible futures for global AI—some U.S.-led, some China-led—and what shifts in compute, adoption, and trust could determine the world’s AI trajectory.

One year after DeepSeek-R1 reshaped the AI race, OpenAI assesses where the U.S. still leads, how China is deploying at scale, and what will decide global AI leadership in 2026.

Millions use ChatGPT to make sense of healthcare—comparing plans, costs, and coverage—as AI helps bridge access gaps where the system falls short.

AI infrastructure can power communities, not strain them. OpenAI’s Wisconsin Stargate site pairs clean energy and local jobs with new insights on solopreneurs using ChatGPT