Tuesday, 21 July, 2026
"Supreme Village Idiot": Pentagon Clashes With OpenAI Executive Over Chinese AI Strategy
By TechShots Studio
Under Secretary of Defense Emil Michael slammed OpenAI executive Dean W. Ball as the industry's "supreme village idiot." The public feud erupted after Ball advocated using regulatory fear and uncertainty to deter US firms from adopting open-source Chinese AI models, prompting the Pentagon to clarify that restrictions on foreign models are legally enacted laws to protect military networks, not "Deep State" schemes.
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