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摘要: After Noam Shazeer, OpenAI hires former Trump AI advisor Dean Ball to lead AI policy

AI scholar Dean Ball, who played a big role in forming early AI policy for the Trump administration, is joining Op...

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After Noam Shazeer, OpenAI hires former Trump AI advisor Dean Ball to lead AI policy

AI scholar Dean Ball, who played a big role in forming early AI policy for the Trump administration, is joining OpenAI. Ball marks the latest big-name signing for OpenAI after Noam Shazeer, whom Google had paid over $2 billion to bring back.

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OpenAI has hired former White House AI advisor Dean Ball. (Photos: Reuters/Foundation for American Innovation)

Armaan Agarwal

New Delhi

UPDATED:

Jun 19, 2026 08:36 IST

OpenAI has had a busy week. The Sam Altman-led AI startup recently poached star

AI engineer Noam Shazeer from Google

who had previously been paid over $2 billion to work for the tech giant. And now, OpenAI is bringing AI scholar Dean Ball. Dean played a crucial role in shaping early AI policy for the Trump administration, and will lead the company’s AI policy measures.

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On X, Dean Ball announced his move to OpenAI. The AI scholar wrote that he will be leading a new division at the company. Dean stated, “On July 6, I'll be joining OpenAI as leader of a new team called Strategic Futures.”

The AI scholar revealed that his team will be responsible for forming AI policy for OpenAI. Dean added, “Our mandate will be to help the company's leadership shape frontier AI policy. There is a ton of work to do, and I'm excited to get started.”

Dean Ball announced his move to OpenAI on X.

OpenAI now has a former Trump AI advisor

Dean Ball’s move brings to OpenAI a policy official with experience in Washington and a public profile as a frequent writer on AI policy. Ball has also been a vocal critic of both the AI industry and the government. He told Axios that the role was an opportunity to help shape “a new kind of institution under the sun.” OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon said Ball had spent significant time thinking about risk, governance, frontier policy issues and “what comes next.”

This comes at a time when the c

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