02:43 PM EDT, 10/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI said Tuesday it has appointed Aaron Chatterji as the firm's first chief economist.

In the role, Chatterji will lead research into how AI will influence economic growth and job creation, OpenAI said. Chatterji is a Duke University professor of business and public policy and former White House CHIPS coordinator.

OpenAI also said it has named Scott Schools as chief compliance officer. Schools was most recently the chief ethics and compliance officer at Uber ( UBER ) .

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