Top Organizations Start Hiring Managers for the Role of Chief AI Officer

IBL News | New York

In May this year, NASA named its first AI officer, David Salvagnini. This role expanded Salvagnini’s current role as chief data officer. “AI can accelerate the pace of discovery,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

The chief AI Officer is a new role within companies intended to keep up with everything related to AI and implement it in certain operations.

In addition to NASA, other brands such as Dell, LVMH, Morgan Stanley, and the Dubai government recently hired managers for this role.

Experts say that major organizations are trying to fall behind when using AI tools more effectively.

“For example, this person might find a ChatGPT prompt that makes the Finance team work 10% faster, get the Marketing team using Midjourney to work 25% faster, or implement AI tools to streamline HR processes and save teams hours a day,” wrote Rowan Cheung, founder of the popular newsletter “The Rundown AI.”

It’s this new role where someone is hired to specifically keep up with everything happening in AI and implement it into certain operations within the company.

For example, this person might:

– Find a ChatGPT… pic.twitter.com/qoHU7MP4PB

— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) July 2, 2024