OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary for national security role
Original title: OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary, gaining bipartisan reach just as midterms loom
OpenAI appointed Dan Driscoll as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization to enhance military AI ties and government contracts.
OpenAI hired Dan Driscoll, former civilian head of the US Army, as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization. The role focuses on strengthening AI use in defense, intelligence, and government contracts. This follows the Pentagon classifying rival Anthropic as a supply chain risk.
- Driscoll oversaw one million soldiers and 265,000 civilians
- Led Project ARIA for AI in Army budgeting and logistics
- Role involves governments, industry, and academia
- Vendors
- OpenAI
- Organizations
- US Army
- Countries
- United States
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OpenAI hires Dan Driscoll, the former civilian head of the US Army, as "Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization," likely to win government contracts and help shape AI rules for the military and intelligence agencies.
By Manuel Uth · the-decoder.com
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