# OpenAI — The AI policy window is open. We need to act.

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-09-09T13:00:00+00:00
- Category: safety-policy-update
- Coverage: 4 outlets
- Announcement: yes
- Group: covered
- Source: https://openai.com/index/ai-policy-window
- Record: https://forck.live/items/9641-the-ai-policy-window-is-open-we-need-to-act
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API

We’ve reached a new chapter in AI capabilities, and that demands a new chapter for AI policy. No company, industry, or government can meet this challenge alone. We need to meet this moment with a bias toward meaningful action over policy perfection. Here’s what we’re doing: Pushing for mandatory national AI safety requirements. We want to work with Congress on mandatory, capability-based national AI safety regulation. Keeping up momentum in the states. Until Congress acts, we will continue supporting state legislation that strengthens the broader AI safety ecosystem. Today, we are announcing our support for four California bills: SB 813 on overall infrastructure for independent safety assessments, AB 1405 on AI-auditor standards, SB 1119 on protections for young people, and AB 1864 on safeguards against AI-enabled biological threats. Advancing industry-led standards. We will work with other frontier labs to advance frontier AI standards, building a voluntary effort now, with or without government support. Building global standards. …

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/ai-policy-window:

> Chris Lehane argues that stronger AI capabilities require stronger safety evidence, shared standards, and durable policy action while the policy window remains open.

## Around this story

Outlets this record can name and link:

- Reuters: https://reuters.com/legal/government/openai-pushes-mandatory-national-ai-safety-requirements-2026-09-09
- Forkast: https://forkast.news/openai-endorses-california-safety-bills-the-reverse-federalism-regulatory-moat
- Washington Examiner — OpenAI backs slew of California AI bills and calls for national regulation: https://washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/4721198/openai-california-ai-bill-national-regulation
- ZeroHedge News — Perfectly Timed AI Panic Resurrects 'Bipartisan AI Safety Bill': https://zerohedge.com/ai/perfectly-timed-ai-panic-resurrects-bipartisan-ai-safety-bill

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