Dan Driscoll, then Secretary of the Army, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, in January 2026.

OpenAI has hired Dan Driscoll, the 26th Secretary of the US Army, the company said on Monday. He takes a new role: senior counselor for national security modernization.

Driscoll will advise on how advanced AI can strengthen national and cyber security. He will work with OpenAI’s leaders and outside partners. His main focus is helping US allies use the technology responsibly.

“National security requirements are changing faster than at any time in the past fifty years,” Driscoll said in a statement.

He said AI would help people in national security cut through paperwork. It would also help them make sense of more information and get answers faster.

From the Pentagon to OpenAI

Driscoll left the Pentagon in September after months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Gareth Vipers reported this for The Wall Street Journal .…