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highplainsdem

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Wed Jan 21, 2026, 09:05 AM Wednesday

OpenAI seeks to increase global AI use in everyday life [View all]

Source: Reuters

OpenAI is expanding its efforts to convince global governments to build more data centers and encourage greater usage of artificial intelligence in areas such as education, health and disaster preparedness.

The initiative – called OpenAI for Countries – will expand the reach of its products and help close the gap between countries with broad access to AI technology and nations that do not yet have the capacity, the company said.

OpenAI also hopes to encourage deeper usage of its tools, adding that AI systems are capable of more complex tasks than many people realize.

“Most countries are still operating far short of what today’s AI systems make possible,” the company said in a report shared with Reuters.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/davos/openai-seeks-increase-global-ai-use-everyday-life-2026-01-21/



When AI companies can't on their own find enough people gullible enough to use generative AI, go after government officials who can try to force their citizens to use it.
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