OpenAI also assured that government data, including both inputs and outputs, will not be used to train or improve its models. The company touted that in a recent pilot program, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania employees using ChatGPT saved an average of about 95 minutes per day on routine tasks.

OpenAI announced it will offer ChatGPT to the agencies in the federal executive branch for $1. The partnership is with the General Services Administration.

OpenAI is providing U.S. federal government agencies access to ChatGPT Enterprise for $1 per agency for the next year, the company announced Wednesday, and Seattle-based business and technology consulting firm Slalom will help facilitate the initiative.

ChatGPT maker OpenAI is in early-stage discussions about a stock sale that would allow employees to cash out and could value the company at about $500 billion, a source familiar with the matter said.