Former X coverage chief joins Sam Altman's Instruments for Humanity | TechCrunch

X’s former prime coverage chief has taken a job at Instruments for Humanity, the corporate constructing the tech to help World Community (previously Worldcoin).

Nick Pickles, beforehand head of worldwide affairs at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, will function chief coverage officer for Instruments for Humanity, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded 5 years in the past.

Pickles revealed the transfer in a Reuters interview revealed on Thursday, including that he was “optimistic” about incoming president Donald Trump’s tech regulatory proposals.

Pickles spent years at Twitter earlier than Musk acquired the corporate and rebranded it to X, working with regulators to form proposals and symbolize the corporate in world boards. He was promoted in July.

Musk and Pickles’ new boss don’t precisely get alongside. Earlier this 12 months, Musk sued Altman and OpenAI for allegedly abandoning the AI startup’s nonprofit mission in violation of contractual phrases. Pickles declined to touch upon the litigation when requested by Reuters.

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