OpenAI Hires Ex-Army Secretary Dan Driscoll — SkimNews
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- OpenAI hired former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to oversee national-security modernization while pushing to secure government contracts and shape military policy.
- Dan Driscoll will advise on ways AI could bolster U.S. security capabilities and cyber defenses.
Why it matters: For OpenAI, the hire adds a former Army secretary with two stated assignments—overseeing national-security modernization and advising on AI—as the company pursues government contracts. That places a named military-policy voice inside work on U.S. security capabilities and cyber defenses.
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