AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?

Major AI companies like OpenAI are investing in policy papers, think tanks, and public engagement efforts to improve their public image as polls show growing disapproval of AI technology. OpenAI recently released a policy paper on industrial policy and opened a Washington DC office with space for non-profits and policymakers to learn about their technology, as part of a broader strategy to reshape how people perceive the AI industry.