Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OpenAI partner to accelerate federal permitting
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OpenAI and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory created DraftNEPABench, a benchmark for testing how AI agents can help with federal environmental permitting documents. The benchmark shows potential to reduce the time spent drafting National Environmental Policy Act documents by up to 15%. The tool could speed up infrastructure review processes that currently delay federal projects.
Why it matters
OpenAI and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory introduce DraftNEPABench, a new benchmark evaluating how AI coding agents can accelerate federal permitting—showing potential to reduce NEPA drafting time by up to 15% and modernize infrastructure reviews.