New Delhi, April 22 -- OpenAI has hired Airbnb's Emmanuel Marill as its first managing director to oversee operations in Europe, West Asia and Africa, Bloomberg reported. Marill will be tasked with expansion of ChatGPT's parent company in key markets, where political pressure is mounting about over-reliance on US artificial intelligence (AI) services.

The French executive moved from Airbnb, where he served a similar role. Marill will be based in OpenAI's Paris office and will report to Jason Kwan, OpenAI's Chief Strategy Officer.

In a statement, Kwon said, "As demand for ChatGPT and Codex continues to grow rapidly all over the world, we are investing significantly in our international leadership and operations." While ChatGPT is the com...