After midterm rout, OpenAI tries to win over communities it needs for AI expansion

After US voters overwhelmingly rejected new data centers, OpenAI is launching a charm offensive with new voluntary commitments. They have gaps, though. OpenAI is responding with a PR push, as expected, to growing resistance against AI infrastructure expansion. In a National Community Compact and a Policy Blueprint, OpenAI lays out voluntary commitments for future sites and calls on lawmakers to make these rules binding for the entire industry. The exact scope of those voluntary pledges remains unclear. According to OpenAI, they apply to future sites the company owns and operates itself. But a large share of OpenAI's data center infrastructure is built and held by partners like Oracle. Ad At its own sites, OpenAI says it will stop requiring nondisclosure agreements during negotiations with local authorities.