After Noam Shazeer, OpenAI hires former Trump AI advisor Dean Ball to lead AI policy

AI scholar Dean Ball, who played a big role in forming early AI policy for the Trump administration, isjoining OpenAI. Ball marks the latest big-name signing for OpenAI after

OpenAI has had a busy week. The Sam Altman-led AI startup recently poached star AI engineer Noam Shazeer from Google who had previously been paid over $2 billion to work for the tech giant. And now, OpenAI is bringing AI scholar Dean Ball. Dean played a crucial role in shaping early AI policy for the Trump administration, and will lead the company’s AI policy measures.