OpenAI Launches 'Signals', a Data Portal to Show How AI Is Being Used Across the Economy

IBL News | New York

OpenAI launched a data portal designed to show governments, employers, and workers how generative AI is being used across the global economy.

This portal, OpenAI Signals, emerges amid rising concern about how AI is changing jobs, productivity, and skill requirements, and about how institutions respond to those shifts.

Signals draws on data from more than 800 million OpenAI users, one million business customers, and four million developers using its API, including activity related to ChatGPT.

Chris Lehane, Chief Global Affairs Officer at OpenAI, said the company wants to ground policy discussions and inform workforce policy, training, and access.

“The goal is to democratize AI so today’s workers can fully access the technology’s tools, shape how it’s used on the job, and share in its economic benefits,” he explained.

Lehane also acknowledged disruption ahead, “At the same time, we’re clear-eyed about the disruption ahead. Work will change, and some jobs will be lost. Preparing workers for that reality isn’t optional; it’s essential.”

“We’ve seen what happens when America waits too long to support American workers through technological change,” Lehane wrote. “With AI, we can’t afford to repeat that mistake. Acting early is how we ensure more Americans can use these tools and share in the gains.”

OpenAI is also working with the US Department of Labor on its upcoming AI Workforce Hub, aiming to inform workforce training and AI literacy initiatives.

OpenAI is discussing potential future legislation with policymakers that could encourage AI labs to share similar data. The company plans to convene experts and stakeholders in March to discuss how workers can be better supported in an AI-driven economy.