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[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an "extremely scary precedent", OpenAI rushed its deal to "de-escalate things", and more (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2027900042720498089

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.

OpenAI said it had struck a deal with the Pentagon to supply AI to classified US military networks,
hours after Donald Trump ordered the government to stop using the services of one of the company’s main competitors.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, announced the move on Friday night.
It came after an agreement between Anthropic, a rival AI company that runs the Claude system, and the Trump administration broke down after Anthropic sought assurances its technology would not be use…

Data regulators in Thailand said they are blocking the Sam Altman-founded company Tools for Humanity from collecting iris scans.
"The business model is based on the premise that it will become more difficult to tell humans apart from online AI avatars in the near future."
It sounds like we create a problem then found a business to solve the problem.

Sources: OpenAI agreed to follow laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, and the DOD didn't budge from its demands over bulk analyzing data (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance
Amidst fallout from a dramatic standoff between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a new contract with the Pentagon. But everything wasn’t what it seemed.

The techbros seem to agree on something 😀
#ai

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight
But he still wants a Pentagon deal.

Internal memo: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares a "code red" to shift more resources into improving ChatGPT amid rising competition, delaying other plans like ads (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op

OpenAI CEO Declares ‘Code Red’ to Combat Threats to ChatGPT, Delays Ads Effort
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Monday told employees he was declaring a “code red” to marshall more resources to improve ChatGPT as threats rise from Google and other artificial intelligence competitors, according to an internal memo. As a result,OpenAI plans to delay other initiatives, such as ...

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines with respect to AI use by the military, which are "an issue for the whole industry" (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/altman-openai-anthropic-pentagon

Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight
But he still wants a Pentagon deal.

Sam Altman says OpenAI reached an agreement with the DOD to deploy its models in DOD's classified network and asks DOD to extend those terms to all AI companies (Sam Altman/@sama)
https://x.com/sama/status/2027578580159631610

Sam Altman (@sama) on X
Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome. AI safety and wide distribution of

Source: Sam Altman told employees the DOD is willing to let OpenAI build its own "safety stack" and won't force OpenAI to comply if its model refuses a task (Sharon Goldman/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/27/openai-in-talks-with-pentago…

Sam Altman tells staff at an all-hands that OpenAI is negotiating a deal with the Pentagon, after Trump orders the end of Anthropic contracts
The negotiations come as rival Anthropic is locked in a more contentious standoff with U.S. defense officials.

Sam Altman's Tools for Humanity is partnering with brands like Gap, Visa, and Tinder to market its World ID human verification product (Patrick Coffee/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/sam-altmans-human-verification-startup-le…