Directors' College 2023
Che Chang
Deputy General Counsel, OpenAI
As Deputy General Counsel at OpenAI, Che Chang leads the team that manages legal issues arising from developing and offering large machine learning models, including GPT, Dall-E, and ChatGPT.
Prior to joining OpenAI, Chang was a Senior Corporate Counsel at Amazon Web Services. There, he led the legal teams for AWS’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Marketplace businesses. He advised senior executives on developing and selling AI and ML products, established Amazon positions on AI policy and legislation, and met with AI policymakers and regulators worldwide. He managed a team of lawyers overseeing product counseling, data privacy (including GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA), licensing, intellectual property, strategic agreements, open source, regulatory compliance, and international expansion.
Prior to that, Chang was a technology transactions attorney at Goodwin Procter LLP, specializing in licensing, product counseling, data privacy/security, and drafting and negotiating commercial and strategic agreements, including software/SaaS, vendor, and partnership agreements.
Che Chang earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA and a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
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