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Top Pentagon official blasts OpenAI's Dean Ball

Axios·July 19, 2026·1 min read
Top Pentagon official blasts OpenAI's Dean Ball

A senior Trump administration official and key adviser are slamming OpenAI head of strategic futures Dean Ball's views on regulation, casting a shadow on the future of the company's relationship with the government. White House AI adviser David Sacks questioned whether Ball was advocating for regulatory capture benefiting OpenAI. Defense under secretary Emil Michael called Ball the supreme village idiot of AI.

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