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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and OpenAI partner to accelerate federal permitting
Summary
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.
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