OpenAI Hires Former Uber Executive as Chief Compliance Officer

OpenAI has hired former Uber Technologies Inc. executive Scott Schools to serve as its first chief compliance officer, bolstering the startup’s efforts to adapt to emerging global regulations around artificial intelligence.

Schools most recently was the chief ethics and compliance officer at Uber, another tech company that has dealt with a complicated regulatory landscape and has sometimes clashed with lawmakers. Schools previously served as associate deputy attorney general at the US Justice Department.

The hire comes as regulators on both sides of the Atlantic weigh policies around the most advanced AI models from OpenAI and other companies. It also marks ...