OpenAI Granted $200M Contract with U.S. Military

“Under this award, the performer will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains,” the Defense Department said.

AFP reports the defense department pilot program is the first partnership under the startup’s initiative to put AI to work in governments. All use of AI for the military will be consistent with OpenAI usage guidelines, according to the startup.

It comes as other countries have already started moving on the principle of wedding AI to military adaptations.

The report goes on to set out this may well be the first of many such U.S. military agreements to come, noting:

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