AI Firms Draft New Social Contract

OpenAI has published a wide‑ranging proposal titled 'Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age' that outlines principles (broad prosperity sharing, safety, institutional roles) for how democracies should govern advanced AI. The proposal treats AI as an epochal industrial transition and urges proactive public institutions rather than purely market solutions. — If leading AI companies write blueprints for national industrial policy, public debate must consider corporate incentives, capture risks, and how to translate those proposals into democratic institutions and accountability.