---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Introducing the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange"
description: "OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/economic-research-exchange"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "labour_market", "openai"]
timestamp: "2026-06-08"
category: "labour_market"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 76
confidence: 0.9
---

# Introducing the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange

# Claim

OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section five: labour-market and adoption evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a labour-market context signal rather than a single workflow proof point. It helps the thesis track whether adoption, education, wages, and institutional behaviour are moving in the same direction as the capability curve.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: labour_market
* Sector: Scientific research
* Capability: Enterprise workflow automation
* Cope score: 76
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Introducing the OpenAI Economic Research Exchange](https://openai.com/index/economic-research-exchange)