Dean Ball, who helped shape the Trump administration's early policies on AI, is heading to OpenAI, he told Axios exclusively.Why it matters: A leading AI company that has so far proved more deft at navigating Washington than its competition just got someone who knows government on their side.Ball is also a vocal critic of both the AI industry and the government who posts frequently about AI policy on his Substack.Driving the news: Ball is going to lead a new team at the frontier lab called Strat...