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OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

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05.03.2026

OpenAI’s Pentagon deal once again calls Sam Altman’s credibility into question

Altman was supportive of Anthropic in its contract dispute with the Pentagon, but all the while he was positioning his company to supplant its rival’s AI models with its own.  

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Familiar tensions around Sam Altman

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman voiced his support for Anthropic in its dispute with the Pentagon over the use of its AI for targeting autonomous weapons and in domestic mass surveillance. He did so in a company meeting and during a CNBC Squawk Box appearance last Friday, the day........

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