OpenAI Hires Former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization

OpenAI named former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll as its first Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization, a newly created role. Driscoll — an Iraq war veteran who resigned as Army Secretary in August after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — will advise OpenAI leadership on AI for national security and cybersecurity, work with allied governments on 'democratic AI,' and support OpenAI's Daybreak cyber resilience program.