{"id":319775,"date":"2025-12-16T21:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319775\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:58:07","slug":"former-chancellor-george-osborne-joins-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/319775\/","title":{"rendered":"Former chancellor George Osborne joins OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The announcement follows news that government-level negotiations between the UK and the US over a tech deal that included greater co-operation in AI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c79x54dprngo\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have faltered.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">OpenAI&#8217;s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane said Osborne&#8217;s decision to join the company reflected &#8220;a shared belief that AI is becoming critical infrastructure \u2013 and early decisions about how it&#8217;s built, governed, and deployed will shape economics and geopolitics for years to come.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">OpenAI for Countries is designed to work with governments &#8220;to ensure that global AI systems are built on democratic values&#8221;, Mr Lehane wrote on LinkedIn. So far the programme has engaged with more than 50 countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said Osborne will work with governments to help develop AI infrastructure, build AI literacy and use AI to improve public services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;In his new role, George will help to expand existing partnerships and build new ones,&#8221; Mr Lehane added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Osborne, who co-hosts a podcast and is also chair of the British Museum, said he joined the firm after conversations with OpenAI&#8217;s chief executive Sam Altman and chief operating officer Brad Lightcap. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said the pair are &#8220;exceptionally impressive leaders and that they care very deeply about their mission to ensure the power of artificial intelligence is developed responsibly, and the benefits are felt by all&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Osborne added: &#8220;That&#8217;s exactly what the OpenAI for Countries initiative intends to achieve, helping societies around the world share the opportunity this powerful technology brings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Osborne said he was leaving his current role at investment bank Evercore, which was a &#8220;huge wrench&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was also previously editor of the Evening Standard newspaper from 2017 to 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Osborne&#8217;s new job was first reported by the Financial Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The announcement follows news that government-level negotiations between the UK and the US over a tech deal that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-319775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}