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OpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, who stepped down as US Army secretary earlier this year after months of reported tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as senior counselor for national security modernization, a new role.
He will advise on using AI for US national security and cybersecurity and help allied governments adopt it, building on OpenAI's Daybreak program for cyber resilience. Sam Altman said the US has "an extraordinary opportunity to work with other countries to spread the adoption of democratic AI."
Driscoll, an Iraq veteran, pushed drone and counter-drone access for allies while at the Army. The job description is a sales territory: ministries of defense are the customer OpenAI does not yet have in volume.
OpenAI hires former Army secretary Dan Driscoll for national security
OpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, who stepped down as US Army secretary earlier this year after months of reported tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, as senior counselor for national security modernization, a new role. He will advise on using AI for US national security and cybersecurity and help allied governments adopt it, building on OpenAI's Daybreak program for cyber resilience. Sam Altman said the US has "an extraordinary opportunity to work with other countries to spread the adoption of democratic AI." Driscoll, an Iraq veteran, pushed drone and counter-drone access for allies while at the Army.
The job description is a sales territory: ministries of defense are the customer OpenAI does not yet have in volume. SourcesBB
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- BOpenAI hires former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (CNBC)cnbc.com
- BOpenAI hires former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to cybersecurity role (Wall Street Journal, not opened)wsj.com
This story ran in the Morning Brief of November 3rd 2026.