No "New Deal" for OpenAI (minutes.substack.com) AI

The article argues that OpenAI’s policy brief “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age” is misframed as a “New Deal” effort, saying the original New Deal was built through intense labor conflict and political force rather than cooperative dialogue. It contends that OpenAI’s proposed concessions—like feedback channels, small fellowships, and API credits—avoid committing new money and skip key labor mechanisms such as collective bargaining. Overall, the piece portrays the brief as offering worker participation and safety goals without realistic pathways to deliver them, while raising concerns that benefits could concentrate among large firms.