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OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary, gaining bipartisan reach just
OpenAI hires ex-Army Secretary, gaining bipartisan reach just as midterms loom
TL;DROpenAI hired a former Army Secretary to lobby for government AI contracts and influence military policy.
Why it matters: Defense spending shapes AI development; this signals OpenAI's pivot toward classified work and regulatory capture.
OpenAI hires Dan Driscoll, the former civilian head of the US Army, as "Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization," likely to win government contracts and help shape AI rules for the military and intelligence agencies. Driscoll drove AI projects inside the Army, is a…
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