OpenAI and Google call for US government action to secure AI lead

OpenAI and Google are each urging the US government to take decisive action to secure the nation’s AI leadership. “As America’s world-leading AI sector approach

OpenAI and Google are each urging the US government to take decisive action to secure the nation’s AI leadership.

“As America’s world-leading AI sector approaches AGI, with a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) determined to overtake us by 2030, the Trump Administration’s new AI Action Plan can ensure that American-led AI built on democratic principles continues to prevail over CCP-built autocratic, authoritarian AI,” wrote OpenAI, in a letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

In a separate letter, Google echoed this sentiment by stating, “While America currently leads the world in AI – and is home to the most capable and widely adopted AI models and tools – our lead is not assured.”    

OpenAI highlighted AI’s potential to “scale human ingenuity,” driving productivity, prosperity, and freedom.  The company likened the current advancements in AI to historical leaps in innovation, such as the domestication of the horse, the invention of the printing press, and the advent of the computer.

We are at “the doorstep of the next leap in prosperity,” according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The company stresses the importance of “freedom of intelligence,” advocating for open access to AGI while safeguarding against autocratic control and bureaucratic barriers.

Both companies provided detailed policy recommendations to the US government.

Both OpenAI and Google emphasise the need for swift and decisive action. OpenAI warned that America’s lead in AI is narrowing, while Google stressed that policy decisions will determine the outcome of the global AI competition.