OpenAI inks Pentagon deal: Sam Altman secures safety guardrails hours after Trump bans ‘woke’ anthropic​on February 28, 2026 at 4:40 am

OpenAI struck a landmark deal with the US Department of War (DoW). Sam Altman secured bans on domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons—the same terms that led Trump to ban Anthropic. OpenAI struck a landmark deal with the US Department of War (DoW). Sam Altman secured bans on domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons—the same terms that led Trump to ban Anthropic.