OpenAI reportedly hires Mark Esper, Donald Trump's former defense secretary, to help expand its military AI work
OpenAI has reportedly hired Mark Esper, Donald Trump's former defense secretary, to help expand its military AI work. Esper led the Army from 2017 to 2019, then led the Pentagon until he was fired in November 2020, and before that spent seven years running government relations at Raytheon. This matters because bringing in a former defense secretary with deep weapons-procurement experience signals how seriously OpenAI is pursuing Pentagon business.
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- Rohan Paul2026-11-02 23:45