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OpenAI's global affairs chief published an essay calling the 2028 presidential election a defining moment for AI and asking politicians for a "compelling third path," with the New Deal as his comparison.
He sets five priorities across worker protection, education, safety and data centers, backs enforceable standards, independent evaluations and a shutdown capability, and warns that a moratorium would risk America's lead over China, comparing that vote to the 2002 Iraq war authorization.
Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute called it "ahistorical at best and harmful at worst," and TechCrunch notes OpenAI opposed California's SB 1047, which asked for shutdown capability. The essay lands as at least 38 communities have voted the other way.
OpenAI's Chris Lehane opens the 2028 campaign with a "third path" and a warning against moratoriums
OpenAI's global affairs chief published an essay calling the 2028 presidential election a defining moment for AI and asking politicians for a "compelling third path," with the New Deal as his comparison. He sets five priorities across worker protection, education, safety and data centers, backs enforceable standards, independent evaluations and a shutdown capability, and warns that a moratorium would risk America's lead over China, comparing that vote to the 2002 Iraq war authorization.
Kate Brennan of the AI Now Institute called it "ahistorical at best and harmful at worst," and TechCrunch notes OpenAI opposed California's SB 1047, which asked for shutdown capability. The essay lands as at least 38 communities have voted the other way. SourcesB
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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of November 4th 2026.