{"id":21273,"date":"2025-12-19T08:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/george-osborne-has-a-new-job-in-tech-and-it-doesnt-bode-well-for-britain-chris-stokel-walker\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:37:20","slug":"george-osborne-has-a-new-job-in-tech-and-it-doesnt-bode-well-for-britain-chris-stokel-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/george-osborne-has-a-new-job-in-tech-and-it-doesnt-bode-well-for-britain-chris-stokel-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"George Osborne has a new job in tech, and it doesn\u2019t bode well for Britain | Chris Stokel-Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what\u2019s the attraction?<\/p>\n

George Osborne getting a new job isn\u2019t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership<\/a>, edited (not entirely successfully) the Evening Standard, advised asset manager BlackRock, joined boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw, been appointed as the chair of the British Museum<\/a> and taken on roles including advising crypto firm Coinbase<\/a>. Oh, and like any white man of a particular age, he co-hosts a political podcast.<\/p>\n

But Osborne\u2019s latest job is the most eye-opening \u2013 and is an alarming augur of what is to come. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has become the latest organisation to employ Osborne<\/a>. He will run OpenAI for Countries, a unit tasked with working directly with governments while expanding the company\u2019s Stargate datacentre programme beyond the US. At least it was announced with a tweet<\/a>, rather than a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n

Chris Stokel-Walker is the author of TikTok Boom: The Inside Story of the World\u2019s Favourite App<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nOpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what\u2019s the attraction?
\nGeorge Osborne getting a new job isn\u2019t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, edited (not entirely successfully) the Evening Standard, advised asset manager BlackRock, joined boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw, been appointed as the chair of the British Museum and taken on roles including advising crypto firm Coinbase. Oh, and like any white man of a particular age, he co-hosts a political podcast.
\nBut Osborne\u2019s latest job is the most eye-opening \u2013 and is an alarming augur of what is to come. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has become the latest organisation to employ Osborne. He will run OpenAI for Countries, a unit tasked with working directly with governments while expanding the company\u2019s Stargate datacentre programme beyond the US. At least it was announced with a tweet, rather than a LinkedIn post.
\nChris Stokel-Walker is the author of TikTok Boom: The Inside Story of the World\u2019s Favourite App Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OpenAI is the latest to make a political hire as big tech spreads its tentacles around the world. So what\u2019s the attraction? George Osborne getting a new job isn\u2019t exactly news. Since leaving frontline politics, the former chancellor has served as the chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, edited (not entirely successfully) the Evening Standard, …<\/p>\n

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