alt Hacker News1.5 hours after this was posted, Sam Altman stated openai will work with the DoW.
So much for this waste of a domain name. https://x.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175
"Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network. "
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Something doesn’t make sense here. His tweet claims he has exactly the same restrictions that Anthropic had.
He's the reason why many people avoid OpenAI as he is among the top 3 most untrustworthy people in tech!
Remember when they removed him for not being consistently candid?
Related ongoing thread:
OpenAI agrees with Dept. of War to deploy models in their classified network - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650 - Feb 2026 (22 comments)
The wording I see is not exactly free of loopholes. I noted them on the other thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47190163
When I started reading all these news, the thought that came to my mind is: how sweet of these companies to try this, but unfortunately I am sure that other countries advancing AI like China (deepseek, GLM, etc) or Russia, or whoever WILL have their companies' AI at their disposal
Unfortunately, this is the new arms race, race to the moon, and all that together.
This is not about wars or winning contracts. If you know about Sam's strategies - It's just business. This deal ensures Anthropic doesn't have the financial cushion that OpenAI desperately needs (they just raised billions, also trending on HN). Is it ethical? Probably not. But, all is fair in love and war (proverb).
Altman is a snake who uses words purely instrumentally, and this is well known.
He basically takes advantage of people's limited memories and default assumption that when a person says something its honest.
I dislike the style of Altman's language about as much as I dislike the bullshit language used in politics or the self-incriminating, overly specific denials used by prominent figures to defend themselves against criminal allegations: “I have never had sexual relations with anyone under the age of 18 outside of my own family.”
The language is so coded that the many places where the core statement must be negated stand out like a sore thumb.
Aaaaaand it’s gone
Learn to read. “ Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems. The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement.”
Greg Brockman who cofounded OpenAI is the biggest donor to Trump’s PAC. Altman claims they kept the same restrictions as Anthropic essentially. So my conclusion is OpenAI successfully bribed the government into ditching Anthropic and viciously attacking them by abusing their power (supply chain risk).
Probably the most corrupt way of killing a competitor I’ve heard of.
"The world is a complicated, messy, and sometimes dangerous place."
So you better just let the guys with the guns do whatever they want.
For those who don't use X:
https://xcancel.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175