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OpenAI has hired Dr. Ronnie Chatterji to be its first chief economist.

Here’s what Dr. Chatterji, a Duke professor and former CHIPS coordinator for the White House, will do, according to OpenAI:

In this new role, Dr. Chatterji will lead research into how AI will influence economic growth and job creation; including the global economic impacts of building AI infrastructure, insights on longer-term labor market trends, and how to help the current and future workforce harness the benefits of this technology.

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