Posted 7/26/2023, 6:59:36 PM
OpenAI Hires Former Microsoft Lawyer to Oversee Publisher Negotiations
- OpenAI has hired Tom Rubin, a former Microsoft intellectual property lawyer, to oversee products, policy, and partnerships.
- Rubin's role will involve negotiating deals with news publishers to license their material for training large-language models like ChatGPT.
- Rubin had been an adviser to OpenAI since 2020 and was previously a law lecturer at Stanford University.
- OpenAI has been approaching publishers to negotiate agreements for the use of their archives.
- This hiring suggests OpenAI's focus on addressing intellectual property concerns and establishing partnerships with publishers.