OpenAI’s hiring of former Army Secretary just 2 months after Pentagon resignation is part of a ‘trend’ of it pivoting resources to defense projects

OpenAI’s hiring of a recently departed Pentagon official points to the frontier lab’s growing interests in defense and expanding roster of former military officials in its ranks. OpenAI has hired former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to the bespoke role of senior counselor for national security modernization, the company announced on Monday. The new job comes two months after Driscoll left the Trump administration after reportedly clashing with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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