OpenAI outlines plan to make AI broadly accessible

OpenAI has published a new plan arguing that advanced AI should benefit a wide range of people rather than remain concentrated in the hands of a few companies or governments. The post compares AI’s potential impact to the spread of electricity, saying broad access could improve productivity, creativity, scientific research, and everyday problemsolving. The company says its goals now include building an automated AI researcher, helping expand economic growth, and giving people around the world access to a personal AGIstyle assistant. It says the next phase of AI development will focus not only on stronger capabilities, but also on making those tools affordable, useful, safe, and easy to use. OpenAI also emphasizes the need for safety, privacy, public oversight, and international coordination as AI systems become more capable. The post says human judgment should remain central, and that wider distribution of AI power could make societies more resilient and better able to share the benefits of the technology.