OpenAI Grants Pentagon Access to AI Models Following Anthropic Rift

OpenAI has chosen to deploy its own AI models within the Defense Department’s classified network after rival Anthropic PBC’s relationship with the Pentagon fell apart amid concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said late Friday that he and the department had reached a consensus that supports the company’s position against “human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems, and domestic mass surveillance.”

Altman posted on the social media platform X, saying, “As part of the deployment, the startup also built safeguards to ensure its models behave as they should.” OpenAI declined to comment on whether Anthropic’s work would be replaced by the company’s services for the department.

The Defense Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday evening.

Anthropic stated on Friday that “no amount of intimidation or punishment from the Department of War will change our position on mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons.” Anthropic has stipulated that its products cannot be used for surveillance on Americans or to carry out strikes without human involvement.

The Pentagon offered Anthropic terms earlier this week that included some language that the company had proposed on surveillance and autonomy.

However, according to the source, Anthropic did not go far enough to guarantee that the department would not be able to impose any restrictions when it felt the need to do so.

The Trump administration and Anthropic, which has garnered strong support for its position in Silicon Valley, where tech workers rallied to the company’s side and urged it to, are at risk of growing more divided as a result of OpenAI’s agreement with the Pentagon.

 

US Government Bars Anthropic From Federal Agencies and Contractors

President Donald Trump ordered US government agencies to cease using Anthropic PBC’s products, ending a dispute between the artificial intelligence behemoth and defense officials over technology safeguards

 

The Pentagon then deemed Anthropic PBC a supply-chain risk. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to prohibit any business dealings with Anthropic by its contractors and their associates.

Hegseth gave Anthropic six months to transfer AI services to another supplier in a post on X. Hegseth wrote, “The ideological caprices of Big Tech will never subjugate America’s warfighters.” “This choice is final.”

Hegseth had given the business until Friday to give the Pentagon permission to use the Claude chatbot for any legitimate purpose, free from Anthropic’s usage restrictions.

The company has demanded that Claude not be employed in fully autonomous weapons operations or for widespread surveillance against Americans. Anthropic said in a statement on Friday that it has not heard directly from the government regarding the status of negotiations and that it will contest any designation of supply chain risk in court.

Since its establishment, Anthropic has positioned itself as a business committed to the ethical application of AI to prevent disastrous consequences from the technology. Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and Hegseth, who has vowed to eradicate “woke” practices at the expansive agency he oversees, were in a high-stakes conflict over Amodei’s stance.

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NVIDIA posted a huge drop after its most recent forecast failed to allay concerns about an AI bubble. The largest one-day decline since April 16 occurred in New York, where the shares dropped 5.5 percent to $184.89. The decrease came after an initially impressive first-quarter sales forecast.

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NVIDIA’s revenue increased by 73 percent in the fourth quarter, easily surpassing the average analyst estimate. The response provided a clear reminder of the current skepticism about Nvidia. Investors want more reassurance that the chipmaker can sustain its booming AI spending after its sales growth exploded, making it the most valuable company in the world.

According to analysts at Hargreaves Lansdown, investors are still unsure about “whether the current AI spending wave can sustain growth beyond the next few years, and whether Nvidia will remain as dominant as AI shifts from training models to running everyday tasks.”

CEO Jensen Huang dismissed the worries, claiming that clients are already profiting from their newly purchased processing power. Clients will continue to invest at high levels because of this, he said. The Big Short, famous investor Michael Burry, exacerbated the concerns on Thursday.

He pointed out that Nvidia’s purchase commitments now total $95.2 billion, up from $16.1 billion the previous year. That might be dangerous if demand falters. Colette Kress, the chief financial officer, attempted to allay additional worries expressed by analysts, such as the threat of supply limitations.

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