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OpenAI alters deal with Pentagon as critics sound alarm over surveillance

  • Jared Perlo, Kevin Collier, David Ingram--NBC News
  • published date: 2026-03-03 21:00:53 UTC

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon Monday night governing the Defense Department’s use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the military won’t use OpenAI’s systems for domestic surveillance

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman unveiled a reworked agreement with the Pentagon Monday night governing the Defense Departments use of its AI services, which he says provides stronger guarantees that the milita… [+10520 chars]