Well, hell has finally frozen over—AI is coming to government. OpenAI has decided to roll out ‘OpenAI for Government,’ a snazzy, official-sounding way of saying, ‘Let’s try to make the DMV suck just a little less.’
The goal? Handing U.S. public servants the equivalent of a flamethrower in a world of rubber stamps and fax machines. Think ChatGPT helping with boring paperwork, instead of Karen from accounting taking seven weeks to process the TPS reports.
OpenAI wants to support the U.S. government—yes, the same government that brought you websites crashing on launch day and forms that require three types of ink—with what they politely call “best-in-class” tech. Translation: It’s the AI equivalent of dropping a Formula 1 engine into a tricycle. Will it work? Who knows. But it’ll be entertaining to watch.
It’s all being done in the name of the “public good,” which is PR-speak for making sure we get our potholes fixed before the sun explodes. And hey, if Uncle Sam can finally learn to stop typing with two index fingers and embrace AI like the rest of us, there’s hope yet.
So here’s to OpenAI for Government: Because if we must endure bureaucracy, it might as well come with an upgrade and a sarcastic chatbot.