Sam Altman’s Openai drops $ 200m of deal with US military to address ‘national security challenges’

Sam Altman’s Openai has secured a $ 200m contract to provide artificial intelligence support for the US Department of Defense.

Contract work will be carried out mainly in Washington DC and is expected to last until July 2026. The agreement was announced months after Openai first revealed that it would collaborate with the defense firm of technology entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and

“According to this award, the interpreter will develop the front -of -the -art prototype skills to address the critical challenges of national security in both areas of war and enterprises,” Pentagon said in one state.

The chatgpt manufacturer’s mass to work with the US military marked a departure from the company’s previous position. Company service conditions once contain languages ​​that said its products were forbidden to use in “military and war” circumstances – but the formulation was removed last year.

In a blog post along with Pentagon’s announcement, Altman’s firm said it was “Openai’s start for the government, a new initiative focused on bringing it our most advanced public servants across the United States”.

“Our goal is to unlock the solutions and the one that enhances the skills of government employees, help them cut the red bar and documents, and let them make more of those who come to work every day to do: serve the American people,” the blog post said.

Openai described his $ 200 million with Pentagon as a “pilot program” which means “to help the Protection Department identify and prototy for how it can transform its administrative operations, from improving how service members and their families receive health care, to regulate how they look at how they look at the Proactive Protection.”

Altman had previously appeared with President Trump in January to promote Opennai’s role in a $ 500 billion “Stargate” project to build he and other infrastructure throughout the US.

Elsewhere, Openai, who is trying a complex restructuring of his business, is reported to be in Loggerheads with his main financial supporter Microsoft.

Wall Street Journal reported Monday that open leaders were thinking of accusing Microsoft of anti -compliant behavior as restructuring talks cause friction between the two sides.

“We have a long -term, productive partnership that has offered him amazing tools to everyone. The talks are continuing and we are optimistic that we will continue to build together for the following years,” Microsoft and Open and Open in a common state state.

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