Altman Announces Amendments to OpenAI Deal with Pentagon

OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman said on Monday that the ChatGPT-maker is working with the US Department of Defense to make some changes to their agreement, Reuters reported.

Altman said one of the additions to the deal states that the Pentagon has affirmed OpenAI services will not be used by Department of War intelligence agencies. (Photo: Copyright: World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell Flickr) 

“We have been working with the Department of War to make some additions to our agreement to make our principles very clear,” Altman said in a post on X, Rian Howlett also reported for Yahoo Finance.

Altman said one of the additions to the deal states that the Pentagon has affirmed OpenAI services will not be used by Department of War intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency (NSA).

Any service to those agencies would require a follow-on modification to the contract. Last week, the AI firm announced a deal to deploy its technology in the Defense Department’s classified network.