Announcing his move, Gianella said he was humbled to work on technologies “that require such careful deliberation and discussion between developers, users, academics, civil society and policy-makers at the global level.”

Generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have upended European policymakers’ planned roadmap to regulate AI through the Artificial Intelligence Act, resulting in a call for voluntary, nonbinding guidelines to preempt the upcoming rules.

In May, OpenAI’s Sam Altman toured Europe, meeting multiple government leaders, while also getting a meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Last week, internal market chief Thierry Breton also discussed AI with Altman while he was on a visit to San Francisco.