By - Divyanshi Sinha
OpenAI dropped a bombshell economic blueprint on April 7, proposing sovereign wealth funds from AI profits, robot taxes, and universal 4-day workweeks to avert "intelligence inequality" as their $122B funding round values the firm at $852B—the largest tech raise ever. CEO Sam Altman envisions governments taxing AI-driven GDP surges (projected 20% by 2030) into "universal compute credits," redistributing gains like Norway's oil fund but for models like o1-pro IQ 150 beasts outperforming 99.96% humans.
Mumbai's IT corridor reels: TCS/Infosys hiring freezes (net +17 in 9 months) contrast Accenture's 13,500 adds and 20,000 FY27 freshers for "AI-first" roles—Parekh warns generalists obsolete. OpenAI's plan counters: 4-day weeks boost productivity 25% per pilots, robot levies fund reskilling 2M via FutureSkills PRIME. Elon Musk escalates lawsuit, alleging California AG probe anti-competitive bundling.
India watches keenly: Semiconductor Mission 2.0 pumps chips for sovereign AI, NASSCOM upskills cloud experts. Risks loom—wealth funds politicize, taxes stifle startups. Optimism surges: Grok chatbots free, Claude's infinite memory debuts. For Bandra coders, pivot to specialists or perish. OpenAI doesn't predict future—they blueprint it, taxing silicon to save society.
