OpenAI Forms Strategic Futures Team, Hires Policy Experts
charlesxjyang · x · 2026-08-13
Multiple tweets confirm that several policy experts and researchers have recently joined OpenAI's Strategic Futures team, led by Dean Ball. The team focuses on how transformative AI will reshape the economy, institutions, and free society, exploring how human agency can be preserved in the process.
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