Ex-Army Boss Who Put ChatGPT Execs In Uniform Lands At OpenAI
OpenAI's latest hire once ran the U.S. military branch that brought artificial intelligence leaders into its ranks.
OpenAI’s latest hire once ran the U.S. military branch that brought artificial intelligence leaders into its ranks.
Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll joined the frontier artificial intelligence company — known for its chatbot ChatGPT — in a newly created role, senior counselor for national security modernization, the company announced Monday. In June 2025 — while Driscoll led the Army — the service swore in OpenAI employees and other big tech executives as reserve officers.
“AI should give people more power over their lives and people should have a say in how it’s developed,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement, according to the company’s press release. “The US has an extraordinary opportunity to work with other countries to spread the adoption of democratic AI and I’m excited to welcome Dan Driscoll to OpenAI to strengthen American leadership and help us do that.”
Driscoll will act as an advisor for the companies public and private partners across governments, academia and other institutions on initiatives to develop modernization strategies for “democratic AI” use in national security, the press release states.
“National security requirements are changing faster than at any time in the past fifty years,” Driscoll said in a statement, according to the company’s Monday announcement. “I’m joining OpenAI to help the United States and our allies put this technology to work responsibly, for the people who keep us safe.”