OpenAI launches Economic Research Exchange to study AI's labor and productivity impacts
OpenAI has announced the Economic Research Exchange, a program to fund and facilitate external research on AI's effects on jobs, productivity, and the broader economy. Applications are open for selected research projects. The initiative signals OpenAI's interest in shaping the empirical narrative around AI's economic consequences.
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OpenAI Releases Economic Analysis of ChatGPT's Impact and Launches Labor Market Research Collaboration
OpenAI has published an economic analysis examining ChatGPT's impact on the broader economy. Alongside this, the company is launching a new research collaboration focused on studying AI's effects on labor markets and productivity. The initiative signals OpenAI's growing engagement with economic and workforce policy questions as scrutiny of AI's labor displacement effects intensifies.
Anthropic Launches Economic Futures Program for AI Labor Market Research
Anthropic has announced the Economic Futures Program, a structured initiative to fund and coordinate research on AI's economic and labor market impacts. The program operates through three pillars: research grants (up to $50,000 per award), evidence-based policy symposia in Washington DC and London, and expansion of the Anthropic Economic Index into longitudinal datasets. It extends Anthropic's existing Economic Index work by adding grant funding, policy forums, and institutional partnerships to translate data into actionable policy proposals.
Anthropic Launches Economic Index: First Large-Scale Empirical Study of AI's Labor Market Impact
Anthropic has released the Anthropic Economic Index, an initiative tracking AI's effects on labor markets using anonymized data from approximately one million Claude.ai conversations matched to U.S. Department of Labor O*NET occupational tasks. Key findings show AI use is concentrated in software development and technical writing, with 36% of occupations seeing AI use in at least 25% of their tasks, and usage skewing toward augmentation (57%) over automation (43%). The underlying dataset is being open-sourced to enable independent research, and Anthropic is inviting economists and policy experts to contribute to the ongoing initiative. The analysis was enabled by Clio, Anthropic's privacy-preserving internal conversation analysis tool.
OpenAI Launches EU Economic Blueprint 2.0
OpenAI has released its EU Economic Blueprint 2.0, a policy and partnership initiative aimed at accelerating AI adoption, skills development, and economic growth across Europe. The announcement includes new data, partnerships, and programs targeting the European market. This represents OpenAI's continued effort to shape its regulatory and commercial positioning within the EU ahead of AI Act implementation. The initiative signals a strategic push to deepen OpenAI's footprint in Europe amid ongoing regulatory scrutiny.
A research agenda for assessing the economic impacts of code generation models
OpenAI published a research agenda focused on evaluating the economic impacts of code generation models such as Codex. The agenda outlines methodological approaches for measuring how AI-assisted coding affects labor markets, productivity, and software development workflows. This represents an early structured effort by a major lab to systematically study downstream socioeconomic effects of their deployed models.
Anthropic forms Economic Advisory Council to guide AI labor market research
Anthropic announced the formation of an Economic Advisory Council comprising ten distinguished economists from institutions including MIT, University of Chicago, Harvard, LSE, and Yale. The council will advise on AI's impact on labor markets, economic growth, and socioeconomic systems, informing the research agenda for Anthropic's Economic Index initiative. The move signals Anthropic's intent to build credible, policy-relevant research infrastructure around AI's economic effects, targeting policymakers and business leaders as an audience.
OpenAI's EU Economic Blueprint
OpenAI has published a policy document outlining proposals for AI development and deployment in the European Union, framed around economic growth and European AI sovereignty. The blueprint is positioned as a strategic engagement with EU policymakers to shape how AI is adopted across the region. This represents OpenAI's formal lobbying and regulatory positioning effort in Europe.
OpenAI Launches RFP to Strengthen U.S. AI Supply Chain Through Domestic Manufacturing
OpenAI has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) aimed at accelerating domestic manufacturing and scaling AI infrastructure within the United States. The initiative is framed around strengthening the U.S. AI supply chain and creating jobs. This represents OpenAI's direct engagement with domestic industrial policy and infrastructure buildout, aligning with broader national AI competitiveness efforts.