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Dean Ball will join OpenAI on July 6 to head a new unit focused on frontier AI policy. He previously served as a White House artificial intelligence adviser and will report to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon.
TechCrunchOpenAI hired former White House artificial intelligence adviser Dean Ball to lead a new unit called Strategic Futures, Benzinga reported. Ball will join the company on July 6 and report to Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon, he said in a blog post on Substack.
U.S. Federal Government), and society, Ball stated. The unit's work will cover both public-facing policy such as proposals for legislation and internal governance within the lab, Ball said. Strategic Futures will work in close collaboration with members of the technical staff, the Preparedness team, the legal team, policy staff from the National Security and Global Affairs teams, and the executive leadership of the company, Ball added.
nypost.comSuper PACs tied to Anthropic and OpenAI have spent more than $37 million on congressional primaries this cycle. The groups have outspent candidates in some races and focused on candidates who back differing approaches to AI regulation.
flipboard.comPresident Trump met Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the G7 summit and described talks on restoring access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as progressing. The company disabled the models for all users after an administration order to block foreign nationals.
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