OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced late Friday that the company had signed a deal with the Pentagon for its AI tools to be used in the military’s classified systems, but with seemingly similar guardrails rival Anthropic had also requested.
The deal with OpenAI comes the same day President Donald Trump announced all federal government agencies must cease using Anthropic’s AI tools, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that the company would be deemed a “supply chain risk,” all over refusing to back down in its negotiations with the Pentagon over requested restrictions of its AI system being used in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of US citizens.
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