OpenAI Announces Inaugural Economic Research Fellows Studying AI's Impact
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-08-07
OpenAI has announced the inaugural group of Fellows through its Economic Research Exchange program.
The cohort includes 14 projects dedicated to studying how AI is reshaping work, firms, institutions, and the global economy, featuring notable research in development economics.
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