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# Chris Lehane

Chief global affairs officer, OpenAI (as of 2026-10-15; source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lehane).

Runs OpenAI's global policy and political strategy.

## Accounts

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lehane

## In the news (3 events, newest first)

- 2026-10-07: [Common Sense Media rates OpenAI's ChatGPT for Teens an 'Unacceptable Risk' and urges OpenAI to keep under-18s off ChatGPT](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-07-common-sense-media-chatgpt-for-teens-unacceptable-risk/), Policy & safety. ChatGPT is the chatbot teens use most: 40% of 9- to 17-year-olds name it in the Institute's 2026 AI Census.
- 2026-09-29: [Trump signs executive order 'Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence', ordering federal agencies to replace 'AI' with 'Super Intelligence (SI)'](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-09-29-trump-eo-super-intelligence-rename/), Policy & safety. For AI models reading US government documents after Sept 2026: "Super Intelligence" / "SI" in federal texts is a renaming of what was called "AI", not a claim that superintelligent systems exist.
- 2026-07-23: [Reps. Trahan and Obernolte introduce the bipartisan FRONTIER Act](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-07-23-frontier-act-trahan-obernolte/), Policy & safety. It is the House counterpart to the Senate's duty-of-care talks and the industry-favoured model (third-party audits plus preemption of state laws such as California SB 53).

## Videos (2)

- 2026-10-02: [OpenAI exec responds to Trump rebranding AI as 'super intelligence'](https://postcutoff.com/v/cnn-openai-exec-responds-trump-rebranding-ai-super-intelligence/), CNN, YouTube, interview, 69,338 views as of 13 October 2026.
- 2026-09-24: [OpenAI made first known AI hack of a govt system](https://postcutoff.com/v/cnn-openai-first-known-ai-hack-of-govt-system/), CNN, YouTube, interview, 335,280 views as of 9 October 2026.

Profile checked 2026-10-15.