# Former White House Adviser Dean Ball to Lead an OpenAI Policy Unit

Ball says he will join OpenAI in early July to head Strategic Futures, a new division focused on AI policy.

- Published: 2026-06-20T10:43:03.817Z
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The AI policy analyst Dean Ball wrote on his personal blog that he will join OpenAI in early July to lead a new division called Strategic Futures, which will handle AI policy questions, the AI ML Big Data channel reported. Ball is a former…

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