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OpenAI appoints former NSA chief to board safety committee

OpenAI appointed retired U.S. Army General and former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board and Safety and Security Committee, adding cyber and national-security expertise to frontier-lab oversight.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM30confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

The completed board appointment added direct cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure experience to the body overseeing model-weight, supercomputer and operational security decisions, though its effectiveness remained unproven.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 30 · confidence 94

    New June 2024 frontier-lab governance and safety-committee appointment.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI appoints former NSA chief to board safety committee” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 30 and confidence 94 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “OpenAI appoints former NSA chief to board safety committee” as follows: OpenAI appointed retired U.S. Army General and former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board and Safety and Security Committee, adding cyber...

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