OpenAI hires Northwestern economist Annie Liang as Economist in Residence
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-10-30
OpenAI announced Annie Liang, an economic theorist at Northwestern studying how humans delegate decisions to AI and ownership of creative assets, as its new Economist in Residence. Chief economist Ronnie Chatterji added that OpenAI is already searching for the next resident — ideally an "AGI-pilled labor economist" to join in 2027 H1.
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