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Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway

Mar 6, 2026
Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway

<h4>OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived</h4> <p><strong>Opinion</strong> A week ago today, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he'd draw the same lines as Anthropic. By that night, he'd signed a Department of Defense deal that included no such AI protections. What's going on here?…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>