The Deep View: OpenAI … the economic impact

Posted on July 24, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
OpenAI quantifies ChatGPT’s economic impact
OpenAI released its first economic analysis of ChatGPT’s impact, drawing on data from 500 million users who send 2.5 billion daily messages. The report quantifies productivity gains from the company’s own technology.
Key findings include:
Teachers save nearly six hours per week on routine tasks, Pennsylvania state workers complete tasks 95 minutes faster daily. Entrepreneurs are using ChatGPT to build new companies and startups. Over 330 million daily messages come from U.S. users alone
The analysis marks OpenAI’s entry into economic research, with Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji leading the effort. The study relies on case studies and user testimonials rather than comprehensive economic modeling.
OpenAI is also launching a 12-month research collaboration with Harvard’s Jason Furman and Georgetown’s Michael Strain to study AI’s broader workforce impacts. This research will be housed in OpenAI’s new Washington DC workshop, signaling the company’s increased focus on policy engagement.
The timing coincides with mounting regulatory scrutiny over market concentration and legal challenges around training data. OpenAI faces copyright lawsuits from publishers and content creators, while policymakers debate how to regulate AI development.
The report aligns with broader industry projections about AI’s economic potential. Goldman Sachs estimates generative AI could boost global GDP by $7 trillion, while McKinsey projects annual productivity gains of up to $4.4 trillion.
However, the analysis focuses on productivity improvements rather than addressing downsides like job displacement or implementation costs. The report acknowledges that “some jobs disappear, others evolve, new jobs emerge” but doesn’t quantify these disruptions.
The company frames the research as ensuring AI benefits reach everyone rather than concentrating wealth. OpenAI is clearly positioning itself as a thought leader in debates about AI’s societal impact.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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