OpenAI Takes Pentagon Deal After Anthropic Walks Away
OpenAI has signed a U.S. military AI contract that Anthropic reportedly declined — a divergence that crystallizes the widening philosophical gap between the two leading frontier labs.
The ideological split between OpenAI and Anthropic has found its sharpest expression yet: OpenAI has signed an AI deal with the U.S. military, stepping into a space that Anthropic explicitly vacated. As @TechCrunch reported, "Anthropic's Pentagon deal is a cautionary tale... OpenAI signs U.S. military AI deal."
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