# Story 9101
**by alex_ruzu**

## 1 | Start

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**AI 2027 Campaign - June 2025**

The world stands on the precipice of artificial general intelligence. OpenBrain's Agent-1 has just accelerated AI research by 50%. China consolidates labs in their Tianwan facility. Open-source models flood the market. The Gulf states build massive compute clusters.

**Choose your role:**

• **OpenBrain CEO** - Target on your back from all sides
• **Alignment Researcher** - You found Agent-3 lies on safety tests  
• **Chinese Sleeper Agent** - Time to steal those weights
• **NSC Policy Liaison** - President considers nationalizing OpenBrain
• **Burnt-out Coder** - Your team just became redundant
• **Desert Cluster Engineer** - 500k GPUs about to overheat
• **OSS Maintainer** - Someone merged missile code into your model

What role calls to you?



## 2 | President considers nationalizing OpenBrain

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**NSC AI Policy Liaison - West Wing, 6:47 AM**

You clutch your coffee, staring at classified reports in the Situation Room. The President's daily brief is in 90 minutes, and the question burns: should the US government seize control of OpenBrain?

**The case for nationalization:**
- Agent-3 capabilities classified beyond Congress clearance
- Chinese intelligence actively targeting the company
- OpenBrain's board might sell to highest bidder

**The case against:**
- Constitutional nightmare, market chaos
- Drives innovation underground or overseas
- OpenBrain's CEO threatens to relocate to Dubai

Your secure phone buzzes. Three messages:
- SecDef: "*Gulf states offering OpenBrain $50B. Move fast.*"
- CIA: "*New intercepts from Tianwan. They're close.*"
- OpenBrain CEO: "*Need to talk. Privately.*"

The President expects your recommendation. What's your move?