Opinion
Paul M. Nakasone, former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, is the founding director of Vanderbilt University’s Institute of National Security and a board member of OpenAI.

TL;DR
- The author previously led the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.
- Cyber threats such as election interference, ransomware, supply chain attacks, and zero-day vulnerabilities endanger national security.
- The author now sees artificial intelligence as a greater emerging risk in cyberspace.
- The author is a board member at OpenAI.
- The Washington Post has a content partnership with OpenAI.