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It’s been a busy summer for Sam Altman in Washington—first with the launch of the OpenAI for Government initiative in June, and now a new partnership with the General Services Administration to get an enterprise version of ChatGPT into the hands of federal workers for essentially no cost (at least for the first year). As for what exactly these deals entail, and what they mean for the U.S. taxpayer, well, that’s all a bit vague—something to do with “revolutionizing employee and citizen experiences” and “reimagining how we deliver mission-critical services,” per a statement from the acting G.S.A. administrator. But as the Russian saying goes, the only free cheese is in a mousetrap, so perhaps the more pertinent question is: What’s in it for OpenAI?