OpenAI Swipes Match’s Privacy Chief for New Data Protection Role

OpenAI’s robust appetite for data—and lawyers—has continued with its hire of Idriss Kechida this month as the company’s first global data protection officer.

Kechida, most recently an associate general counsel and chief privacy officer at Match Group Inc., confirmed in a message his new role at OpenAI. The former senior associate at Baker McKenzie is one of more than a dozen lawyers to join the generative artificial intelligence provider’s in-house ranks since spring.

“I’ll be advising the company on the diverse privacy laws that apply across the various markets where OpenAI operates and ensuring we maintain strict compliance,” he said. ...