OpenAI to Create 'Artificial Intelligence Economic Zone'

OpenAI plans to present its official blueprint for a 'U.S. AI Infrastructure' in Washington, D.C. The blueprint involves the creation of an AI economic zone, the leveraging of the U.S. Navy's nuclear energy experience, and government programs funded by private investors. The blueprint also outlines the creation of a North American AI Alliance to compete with China's initiative, and proposes a National Transmission Highway Act that is as ambitious as the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act of 1956.OpenAI expects investment in U.S. AI to result in tens of thousands of jobs, GDP growth, a modernized electric grid (including nuclear energy), new chip manufacturing facilities, and billions of dollars in investment from global funds. OpenAI expects investment in U.S. AI to result in tens of thousands of jobs, GDP growth, a modernized electric grid (including nuclear), new chip manufacturing facilities, and billions of dollars in investments from global funds. In addition, OpenAI foresees a North American AI Alliance that could eventually expand to include a global network of countries such as the Gulf Cooperation Council and the UAE, and highlights the potential for more civilian SMRs using the U.S. Navy's Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology.OpenAI's blueprint for infrastructure is in line with the views of Chris Lehane, Head of Global Policy , who sees the Midwest and Southwest as potential core regions for U.S. AI investment and emphasizes the importance of the U.S. maintaining its lead over China in AI.