From Palantir to OpenAI: Ex-CISO joins the AI security team
Dane Stuckey is moving from Palantir to OpenAI. The former Chief Information Security Officer will now be responsible for AI security.
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The former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Palantir is moving to OpenAI. Dane Stuckey will also be responsible for security there –, specifically for the security of AI models and systems. Matt Knight will remain Head of Security at OpenAI. Stuckey will also be given the title of CISO in his new job.
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Stuckey announced the change on X. He writes there: "It is critical that we meet the highest standards of compliance, trust and security to protect hundreds of millions of users of our products, enable democratic institutions to maximize the benefits of these technologies, and drive the development of secure AI for the world." In line with his new employer, Stuckey also emphasizes that AI would benefit everyone. OpenAI repeatedly refers to this promise, for example when it comes to legitimizing the use of copyrighted works for AI training or to mitigate regulations.
Expert for security and authorities
In addition to expertise in AI and security, Stuckey also brings experience with authorities to the company. Palantir has numerous contracts with the US government as well as other countries. OpenAI is said to have ambitions in this area. It was only in January that the AI company removed a clause from its terms of use that prohibited its use for military purposes. Since then, OpenAI has been working on several projects with the Pentagon, among others. Paul Nakasone, a former general at the National Security Agency, also sits on the relatively newly created control committee, which is supposed to independently monitor the safety of the products.
There are also warnings that the Chinese government could try to copy the technologies and that there is a threat of cyberattacks. Former OpenAI employee Leopold Aschenbrenner has warned in an essay that there has already been an incident. However, he also expects an "all-out AI war" between the USA and China. OpenAI subsequently admitted that there had already been more than 20 attacks this year, some of them by state-sponsored hackers.
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