OpenAI is negotiating a deal with The Pentagon

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Sam Altman informed OpenAI employees about a potential agreement with the U.S. Department of War to use OpenAI's AI models and tools.
The agreement would allow OpenAI to build its own 'safety stack' and retain control over technical safeguards and model deployment.
The government is willing to include OpenAI's 'red lines' in the contract, such as no autonomous weapons or mass surveillance.
Anthropic's contracts with the Pentagon were canceled after a public dispute over AI usage limitations.
Anthropic refused to remove safeguards on its Claude model, leading to a potential loss of a $200 million contract.
President Trump announced the federal government will cease all use of Anthropic's technology.
OpenAI staff expressed concerns about AI-driven surveillance threatening democracy, but acknowledged governments' need for international surveillance.

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