In September last year, just weeks before the Irish elections, OpenAI went on the charm offensive with Irish authorities. The motive? To make the case for its technology and understand how Ireland will enforce the EU’s sprawling new AI rules. According to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, OpenAI representatives met with officials from the Department of Enterprise in September 2024 at a dinner at an AI industry event in Galway. A formal meeting was held later in the first week of October. OpenAI’s policy lead for Europe, Martin Signoux and Julie Lavet, the company’s EU and partnerships…

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