Overview
- OpenAI urged the White House OSTP to treat electricity as strategic for AI, calling for expanded tax credits to cover semiconductors, AI servers and data centers, grants and loans for critical materials, faster transmission buildout and a strategic materials reserve.
- Warning the U.S. could lose ground to China’s 429 GW of new power added last year versus 51 GW in the U.S., OpenAI proposed a national target of 100 GW of new capacity annually and said a $1 trillion AI infrastructure push could lift GDP 5% in three years and require sizeable skilled-trades labor.
- A fresh analysis by The Conference Board and ESGAUGE shows 72% of S&P 500 companies now list AI as a material risk in 2025 filings, led by reputational, cybersecurity and regulatory exposures, with several citing EU AI Act compliance uncertainty.
- AI is now standard in hiring, with CompuTrabajo reporting 8 in 10 companies use it to screen candidates, craft postings and run interviews, yet decisions typically retain human review and many firms also deploy generative tools and chatbots beyond recruitment.
- A parallel social picture is emerging, as UNDP flags gender bias risks in Latin America and the Caribbean and experts at a Council of Europe forum press for common, binding rules, while jobseekers learn to navigate algorithmic filters that many still do not fully master.