Top Pentagon official takes shot at OpenAI's Dean Ball

A senior Trump official and adviser criticized OpenAI's Dean Ball over his views on Chinese AI regulation, with Defense under secretary Emil Michael calling Ball the "supreme village idiot" for AI. The criticism potentially complicates OpenAI's relationship with the Trump administration. The administration is balancing competition and cybersecurity concerns regarding increasingly capable Chinese AI models. Ball had suggested regulatory risks as the best strategy against Chinese models.