ChatGPT developer OpenAI hired its first employee in India, appointing a government relations head just as the country votes in a new administration that will shape artificial intelligence regulations in the world\u2019s most populous nation.<\/p>\n
The Microsoft Corp. backed-company recruited Pragya Misra to lead public policy affairs and partnerships in India, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named as the appointment isn\u2019t yet public. Misra, 39, previously worked at Truecaller AB and Meta Platforms Inc. and is set to start at OpenAI toward the end of the month.<\/p>\n
The hiring highlights the generative-AI company\u2019s efforts to push for favorable rules as governments around the world consider how to regulate the rapidly developing technology. India \u2014 with its 1.4 billion people and a fast-growing economy \u2014 is a massive growth opportunity for global tech companies, but it\u2019s also proven a difficult one to navigate because of lawmakers and regulators seeking to ensure local firms don\u2019t get trampled.<\/p>\n
OpenAI representatives didn\u2019t respond to requests for comment outside regular US office hours. Misra didn\u2019t immediately respond to a LinkedIn message.<\/p>\n
Misra previously headed public affairs at Stockholm-traded contact verification firm Truecaller, which counts India as a top market. Before that, she was at Meta Platforms Inc., where she led WhatsApp\u2019s campaign against misinformation in 2018.<\/p>\n
In India, OpenAI faces competition from the likes of Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google, which is developing an AI model specifically for the country. Its product will be able to handle more than 100 local languages across speech and text, a drive that would widen internet access beyond the country\u2019s urban English-speaking minority.<\/p>\n
Countries such as India should support AI research in ways that can improve government services like health care, OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said during his visit to India last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe main thing that I think is important is figuring out how to integrate these technologies into other services,\u201d Altman said at the time. \u201cThat is an area that I think governments are behind on, and don\u2019t have the answers yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
Altman, who met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the tour, also said that India was an early adopter of its generative-AI service ChatGPT.<\/p>\n
Altman has previously called for more regulations and said his \u201cgreatest fear\u201d is that the technology would cause significant harm. He has also said that big regulatory changes weren\u2019t needed for current versions of the technology, but would be soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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