Axios interview: Chris Lehane on OpenAI’s policy strategy for new Trump era

AXIOS March 13, 2025
Ashley Gold

OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane told Axios in an interview this week that it’s time to accelerate AI policy for the Trump era two years after ChatGPT exploded onto the scene.

Why it matters: For top AI companies, the policy message has shifted from begging for regulation and warning of dangers to projecting confidence about the policies needed to keep growing and beat China in the AI race.

• “There’s a real focus from the administration on developing an AI strategy to ensure U.S. economic competitiveness and national security are prioritized,” Lehane said. “Our work stream is intersecting with where the administration is going.”
• Lehane said he was at the White House last week and has had many...

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