Apple has chosen App Retailer chief and former advertising and marketing head Phil Schiller to characterize the corporate on OpenAI’s nonprofit board, in keeping with a report from Bloomberg. Schiller will reportedly get an observer function, that means he can attend board conferences however can’t vote or act as a director.
Final 12 months, Microsoft also joined the board that controls OpenAI in a non-voting observer place. Having each Apple and Microsoft on OpenAI’s board might make discussing plans with both firm extra advanced. As Bloomberg notes, it’s fairly uncommon for Apple execs to take board seats at corporations they accomplice with.
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