OpenAI National Security Lead Warns Pentagon AI Adoption Requires Workforce Transformation

OpenAI's national security policy head Sasha Baker called for training analysts, service members, and Foreign Service officers to apply rigorous human judgment when operating AI systems in defense settings. Baker endorsed the Pentagon's "appropriate human judgment" standard and proposed embedding OpenAI engineers at Congress, the White House, and the Pentagon to educate policymakers. Her remarks came as the Pentagon seeks alternative AI vendors after blacklisting Anthropic.