Jun 20, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
OpenAI is making two high-profile hires: Dean Ball, who helped write the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, and Noam Shazeer, a co-inventor of the transformer and former Google researcher. The hires signal OpenAI's dual focus on policy and technology as it gears up for its stock market debut. Ball will lead a new Strategic Futures team to study AI risks and societal impacts, while Shazeer brings deep technical expertise. The timing raises questions about the blurring lines between rule-making and corporate benefit.
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