Former Chancellor George Osborne has been appointed managing director and head of OpenAI for Countries, a London-based role focused on helping roll out AI technology and infrastructure internationally.

Osborne said THAT the ChatGPT maker is the “most exciting and promising company in the world right now” and praised its “exceptionally impressive leaders”.

The move follows rival Anthropic hiring former UK chancellor and prime minister Rishi Sunak as an adviser in October.

OpenAI has been stepping up UK engagement, including an initiative announced in October to work more closely with the British government on domestic data storage capabilities.