OpenAI向美国政府提供5%股份，预示政企深度融合

A few more thoughts on OpenAI’s 5 percent stake for the US government.

I do not think this is only about allowing US authorities to share in the profits, but also about enabling an ever closer interconnection between government and future technology. The situation surrounding Fable 5 has made it strikingly clear how important it will be for a frontier lab to maintain good relationships with the authorities in the future, and, conversely, how important Western governments consider this technology to be.

Here, too, the AI2027 blog was ahead of its time. OpenAI is therefore anticipating regulation insofar as the company is proactively offering the US government cooperation and closer integration (as well as potential profits). But also potential losses, should AI, for whatever reason, ultimately fail. I also think that even larger stakes will go to governments in the future.

All in all, this is a sign of things to come: good relationships with authorities, future technology that must be approved by authorities, and a closer blending of the state and private companies. OpenAI is simply taking a proactive step down a path that was already foreseeable.