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A new program to support rigorous external research on the economic impacts of AI.
Selected researchers will undertake carefully scoped projects with defined milestones, data governance, and review processes. We welcome proposals from researchers with strong empirical skills and relevant expertise in applied causal inference, measurement, labor economics, productivity, firms, education, entrepreneurship, public finance, regional economics, development, inequality, or related fields.
The Exchange builds on OpenAI’s broader efforts to improve measurement of AI’s economic effects, including OpenAI Signals. By supporting a portfolio of external research collaborations, we hope to expand the evidence base available to researchers, policymakers, businesses, and the public as they navigate a period of rapid technological chan
