Top Pentagon official takes shot at OpenAI's Dean Ball

A senior Trump administration official and adviser criticized OpenAI's Dean Ball for his views on regulating Chinese AI models, suggesting Ball's comments could benefit OpenAI at the government's expense. Defense under secretary Emil Michael mocked Ball's intelligence and argued against Ball's claims that government agencies blocked Chinese AI through a 'democratic process'. The Pentagon's past adversarial stance toward AI companies like Anthropic raises concerns about potential scrutiny of OpenAI.