How Nvidia Uses Its Soft Power to Influence Customers and Shape Policy
Last month, OpenAI Senior Research Scientist Noam Brown posted a link in a company Slack channel to a news story about OpenAI’s changing stance on advanced chip sales to China and asked a blunt question: “What is our policy on chip exports?” OpenAI policy leaders responded on Slack by citing past company posts, such as a safety blueprint on frontier AI published in June, that supported general chip export controls but did not address China specifically. They also directed staffers to speak to...