Who is Pragya Misra? ChatGPT developer OpenAI's first India hire as Head of Public Policy Affairs and Partnerships

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1 min read 19 Apr 2024, 01:14 PM IST

Livemint , Written By Shivangini ( with inputs from Bloomberg )

OpenAI appoints Pragya Mishra arsenic its archetypal worker successful India, focusing connected authorities relations. OpenAI seeks maturation successful India's tech market, facing contention from Google's AI model.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has appointed its archetypal worker successful India, selecting Pragya Mishra arsenic caput of authorities relations (REUTERS)

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has recruited its archetypal worker successful India, appointing Pragya Mishra arsenic caput of authorities relations, Bloomberg reported. The improvement comes arsenic the state goes to polls for the Lok Sabha elections to ballot successful a caller authorities that, according to the report, volition play a important relation successful shaping artificial quality regulations successful the world’s astir populous nation.

The Microsoft Corp backed-company hired Misra to pb nationalist argumentation affairs and partnerships successful India, radical acquainted with the substance told Bloomberg. Misra, 39, has antecedently worked astatine Truecaller AB and Meta Platforms Inc. Misra is acceptable to commencement astatine OpenAI toward the extremity of the month.

The hiring highlighted the generative AI company’s efforts to propulsion for favourable rules arsenic governments worldwide see however to modulate the rapidly processing technology, the study said, adding that with its 1.4 cardinal radical and a fast-growing economy, India presents a important maturation accidental for planetary tech companies. However, it has proven to beryllium a challenging marketplace to navigate owed to lawmakers and regulators seeking to guarantee that section firms are not disadvantaged.

OpenAI faces contention from established players similar Google, which is processing an AI exemplary specifically designed for India, catering to the country's divers linguistic landscape.

The generative AI company's CEO Sam Altman, during a sojourn to India past year, emphasized the value of integrating AI into authorities services for areas similar healthcare. He besides acknowledged the request for governments to play a much proactive relation successful shaping regulations for this rapidly evolving technology.

“The main happening that I deliberation is important is figuring retired however to integrate these technologies into different services," Altman said astatine the time, according to Bloomberg. “That is an country that I deliberation governments are down on, and don’t person the answers yet."

(With Inputs from Bloomberg)

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Published: 19 Apr 2024, 01:14 PM IST