South Australia has signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAI, marking the first formal agreement between an Australian state or territory government and the creators of ChatGPT. The deal was signed at OpenAI headquarters by the Premier alongside OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman. The agreement aims to accelerate artificial intelligence adoption, upskill local workers, attract global technology capital to Adelaide, and potentially transform state public services. Key pillars include targeted training programs for AI literacy across universities and businesses, joint research initiatives for state-level problems, and plans to test generative AI tools within government departments to streamline workflows, automate administrative backlogs, and bolster cybersecurity. The state is seeking direct access to OpenAI’s engineering expertise and platform capabilities rather than waiting for federal frameworks. This partnership follows recent tech infrastructure developments, including an A$10 billion AI data centre campus project at Bundey by IREN, designed to deliver up to 800 megawatts of computing capacity. South Australia is positioning itself as a national benchmark for tech policy and digital transformation, aiming to complete the entire tech stack from power generation to large language model execution.