OpenAI Appoints Aaron Chatterji as First Chief Economist

• OpenAI has hired Aaron Chatterji, former chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden, as its first chief economist.
• Chatterji will lead research into AI's economic impacts, including potential influences on economic growth and job prospects.
• He played a key role in implementing the 2022 CHIPS Act, which could benefit OpenAI's chip design efforts.
• OpenAI also hired Scott Schools, former associate deputy attorney general and Uber’s compliance head, as its new chief compliance officer.
• Schools will work on legal requirements and ethics across the company.

Source: Techcrunch