{"id":192366,"date":"2026-03-03T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/openai-amends-pentagon-deal-as-sam-altman-admits-it-looks-sloppy-openai\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:40:15","slug":"openai-amends-pentagon-deal-as-sam-altman-admits-it-looks-sloppy-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/openai-amends-pentagon-deal-as-sam-altman-admits-it-looks-sloppy-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks \u2018sloppy\u2019 | OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/03\/openai-pentagon-ceo-sam-altman-chatgpt\">OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks \u2018sloppy\u2019 | OpenAI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/03\/openai-pentagon-ceo-sam-altman-chatgpt\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/03\/openai-pentagon-ceo-sam-altman-chatgpt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-03 09:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theguardian.com\">www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Amending Contract<\/strong>: OpenAI has revised its agreement with the US Department of War due to initial concerns that the deal was too hasty and ethically dubious.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ethical Concerns<\/strong>: The contract raised alarms over potential misuse of AI for domestic mass surveillance, drawing comparisons to the Snowden scandal and prompting a backlash from users.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Internal and External Reactions<\/strong>: Nearly 900 employees from OpenAI and Google voiced their opposition in an open letter, urging their companies\u2019 leadership to refuse AI deployment for military surveillance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>CEO\u2019s Admission<\/strong>: Sam Altman admitted that the deal appeared \u201copportunistic and sloppy\u201d and was rushed after Anthropic, another AI contractor, was dropped by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Public and Market Response<\/strong>: Following the contract news, demand for Anthropic\u2019s alternative chatbot, Claude, surged, overtaking popularity of OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Defense and Reassurance<\/strong>: In renegotiating the contract, OpenAI aims to strictly bar its AI from defense department intelligence agencies and mass surveillance activities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Government Wide Impact<\/strong>: Multiple US agencies, including the departments of state, Treasury, and health and human services, followed the DoW in discontinuing the use of Anthropic\u2019s AI products.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Political Dynamics<\/strong>: Trump 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