OpenAI hires former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for national security role

OpenAI announced on Monday that former United States Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will join the company as senior counselor for national security modernization. The Washington Examiner, the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Straits Times, and The Economic Times all reported the appointment, which comes more than two months after Driscoll stepped down from his position at the Pentagon. [1][2][3][4][5]

The Washington Examiner reported that Driscoll's position is a new addition to the company. The role will focus on how artificial intelligence can be utilized to improve national and cyber security measures. He will also work with United States allies to encourage the responsible use of artificial intelligence technology. [1]

Driscoll is an American investment banker and former military officer who served as the United States secretary of the Army from 2025 to 2026. He also previously served as the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from 2025 to 2026. [6]

OpenAI is an American artificial intelligence public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company is known for developing generative pre-trained transformer models and operates the ChatGPT platform. [7][9]