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OpenAI has appointed a former\u00a0top U.S. cyberwarrior<\/a>\u00a0and intelligence official to its board of directors, saying he will help protect the ChatGPT maker from \u201cincreasingly sophisticated bad actors.\u201d<\/p>\n Now retired, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone was the commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency before stepping down earlier this year.<\/p>\n He\u2019ll be joining OpenAI\u2019s board of directors and the group\u2019s newly formed safety and security committee\u2014a group that\u2019s supposed to advise the full board on \u201ccritical safety and security decisions\u201d for its projects and operations. This new safety group replaces an earlier safety team that was disbanded after several of its leaders quit.<\/p>\n Nakasone is one of many of the board of directors new members joining the team after upheaval at the San Francisco artificial intelligence company forced a reset of the board\u2019s leadership last year. The previous board had abruptly fired CEO Sam Altman and then was itself replaced as he returned to his CEO role days later.<\/p>\n OpenAI reinstated Altman to its board of directors in March and said it had \u201cfull confidence\u201d in his leadership after the conclusion of an outside investigation into the company\u2019s turmoil. OpenAI\u2019s board is technically a nonprofit but also governs its rapidly growing business.<\/p>\n Nakasone was already leading the Army branch of U.S. Cyber Command when then-President Donald Trump in 2018 picked him to be director of the NSA, one of the nation\u2019s top intelligence posts, and head of U.S. Cyber Command. He maintained the dual roles when President Joe Biden took office in 2021. He retired in February.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSubscribe to the Eye on AI newsletter to stay abreast of how AI is shaping the future of business. Sign up<\/a> for free.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n