OpenAI has hired former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll for a newly created job, CNBC reports. His title is senior counselor for national security modernization.

Driscoll will focus on how AI can be used to make the country safer and guard against cyber attacks, OpenAI said, according to CNBC. He will work with the company's top leaders and outside partners. A key aim will be to help US allies use advanced AI in a safe way.

OpenAI chief Sam Altman said the hire would help while the US has an "extraordinary opportunity to work with other countries to spread the adoption of democratic AI," Gizmodo reports.

"National security requirements are changing faster than at any time in the past fifty years," Driscoll said, CNBC reports. He said AI could help by "cutting through paperwork, making sense of more information, and getting the right answer to the right person faster," according to Gizmodo.

Driscoll quit as Army secretary in August, Gizmodo reports. It cites a Politico story based on unnamed sources. That report said he left after months of fights with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. CNBC also reports that he stepped down after months of reported tensions with Hegseth.

Driscoll served in the Iraq war, CNBC and Gizmodo report. As Army secretary, he pushed to bring the Army up to date, CNBC says. That included giving allies more access to drones and tools to stop drones.

At OpenAI, he will also help staff teams understand what defense and security agencies need, CNBC reports.