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OpenAI has published a policy paper calling for a coordinated national industrial strategy around artificial intelligence. The document frames AI development as an economic and security imperative, urging government investment, infrastructure buildout, and regulatory alignment to keep the United States competitive in what it calls the intelligence age.
On the defense front, the Pentagon has reached agreements with several leading AI companies to integrate their technologies into military operations — but notably, Anthropic is not among them. The absence of one of the field's most safety-focused labs raises real questions about how the Defense Department is weighing capability against caution as it moves deeper into AI-assisted systems.
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, a Senate panel has advanced the GUARD Act, an age verification bill targeting AI platforms. Supporters argue it protects minors from harmful algorithmic exposure, while critics warn the technical requirements could compromise user privacy broadly, forcing platforms to collect more identifying data just to prove who they're serving.
Three very different fronts — corporate strategy, military adoption, and legislative guardrails — all converging on the same underlying question of who gets to shape this technology and on whose terms. Keep surfing. Tech Beat out.
