Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll Joins OpenAI as Senior Counselor

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OpenAI announced on November 2, 2026, that former Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll will join as Senior Counselor for National Security Modernization, a newly created position focused on national security, cybersecurity and cooperation with U.S. allies.

Driscoll will advise OpenAI’s senior leadership and external partners on how advanced AI can strengthen national and cyber security. He will work with OpenAI teams and leaders across governments, industry, academia and allied institutions on practical modernization initiatives, while also helping internal teams understand the operational needs of national-security institutions around the world.

His remit includes advising public- and private-sector partners on policy and strategy changes intended to produce practical national-security uses of AI. The job also involves identifying where operational needs, institutional change and emerging AI capabilities come together. Sam Altman said Driscoll’s appointment would strengthen American leadership and support cooperation with other countries to spread adoption of democratic AI.

Driscoll was the 26th Secretary of the United States Army, responsible for the service’s operations, modernization and resources. His oversight included resource allocation for nearly one million Active, Guard and Reserve soldiers and more than 265,000 Army civilians.