OpenAI Appoints Former Palantir Security Chief Dane Stuckey as CISO

Dane Stuckey, former CISO of Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its new CISO alongside Matt Knight. Stuckey's expertise in security and AI will aid OpenAI's mission to establish high-standard compliance and security for its products, including government collaborations and the development of safe AGI. With OpenAI's recent hiring and job postings in the security field, the company is expanding its trusted compute and cryptography team to build secure AI infrastructure.

OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company, continues to strengthen its security apparatus by adding two seasoned industry veterans to its team. Dane Stuckey, the former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Palantir, and Paul Nakasone, a former top US cyberwarrior and intelligence official, have joined OpenAI as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a member of its board of directors, respectively [1].

Stuckey's extensive experience in security and AI will be instrumental in helping OpenAI establish high-standard compliance and security for its products, particularly in the context of government collaborations and the development of safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) [2]. OpenAI has been actively hiring and posting jobs in the security field to expand its trusted compute and cryptography team, further demonstrating its commitment to building secure AI infrastructure [2].

Nakasone, who previously served as the Commander of US Cyber Command, brings a wealth of experience in protecting critical systems from increasingly sophisticated bad actors [1]. His appointment to OpenAI's board of directors underscores the company's proactive approach to security and its commitment to ensuring the protection of its users and their data.

In addition to its new security appointments, OpenAI has also been making strides in the development of advanced AI models. The company recently introduced OpenAI o1, a new large language model trained with reinforcement learning to perform complex reasoning [2]. This model, which ranks in the 89th percentile on competitive programming questions, demonstrates OpenAI's commitment to creating cutting-edge AI technologies that can think before they answer and produce a long internal chain of thought [2].

Sources:
[1] AP News. OpenAI appoints former top US cyberwarrior Paul Nakasone to its board of directors. 31 May 2024. https://apnews.com/article/openai-nsa-director-paul-nakasone-cyber-command-6ef612a3a0fcaef05480bbd1ebbd79b1
[2] OpenAI. OpenAI o1: A New Large Language Model Trained with Reinforcement Learning. 12 September 2024. https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/