OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other senior executives took to social media over the weekend to defend their decision, announced on Friday, to strike a deal with the Department of War to allow the company’s models to be used in classified military networks. The deal came hours after arch-rival Anthropic turned down a similar agreement with the Pentagon and the Trump administration said it was labeling Anthropic a “supply chain risk.” OpenAI faced a vocal backlash for agreeing to the Pentagon deal after Altman had earlier in the week voiced support for Anthropic’s position that it would not accept a Pentagon contract that did not contain explicit prohibitions on its AI technology being used for mass surveillance of U.S. citizens or being incorporated into autonomous weapons, that can make a decision to strike targets without human oversight. Read more: https://fortune.com/2026/03/02/openai-ceo-sam-altman-defends-decision-to-strike-pentagon-deal-amid-backlash-against-the-chatgpt-maker-following-anthropic-blacklisting/ submitted by /u/fortune
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