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August 20, 2026

OpenAI launches AI Futures to study how transformative AI could reshape society

OpenAI has launched AI Futures, a blog from its Strategic Futures team exploring how transformative AI could reshape governance, economic institutions, individual freedom, autonomy, and concentrations of power.

OpenAI has launched AI Futures, a new blog from its Strategic Futures team focused on how society should adapt to transformative AI while protecting individual rights and autonomy. Led by Dean Ball, the initiative will examine how advanced AI could reshape governments, businesses, economic institutions, and existing balances of power.

Its research will span public policy, economics, law, history, machine learning, and forecasting. The team argues that AI governance should preserve human control, individual responsibility, privacy, and broad access while addressing serious risks requiring collective action.

Future work will appear through blog posts, research papers, videos, and podcasts.

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