OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman will push his vision for public-private collaboration on artificial intelligence during a visit to Washington on Wednesday, part of a broader policy agenda that also includes creating a vehicle to pass AI’s potentially vast financial windfall to consumers.

The order, intended to review artificial intelligence models that could pose risks to the US, is strictly voluntary.

Now, critics are warning that the order may be short-sighted, offering only performative reassurances that the government is actively monitoring for AI risks, while changing very little about how and ...