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After a very public falling out between Anthropic and the US Department of War late last week—in which the former refused to remove safeguards preventing its AI tools from being used for autonomous weaponry and mass surveillance purposes—OpenAI stepped into the vacuum with a deal to use its own AI tools in the US military's systems.

However, after reaching an agreement with the Pentagon on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has since announced that his company will be amending the language used within the deal (via BBC News). In a statement posted on X, Altman appears to regret jumping into the fold quite so quickly, amid considerable backlash to the earlier terms.

Here is re-post of an internal post:We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear.1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in addition to everything else:"• Consistent with applicable laws,…March 3, 2026

"One thing I think I did wrong: we shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday", said Altman. "The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. "

The language Altman wishes to tweak revolve around domestic mass surveillance concerns. Citing the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution and the National Security Act of 1947, the new terms amount to the following:

"The AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals.", the statement reads. "For the avoidance of doubt, the Department understands this limitation to prohibit deliberate tracking, surveillance, or monitoring of U.S. persons or nationals, including through the procurement or use of commercially acquired personal or identifiable information."

"It’s critical to protect the civil liberties of Americans, and there was so much focus on this, that we wanted to make this point especially clear" says Altman, although he then clarifies that "just like everything we do with iterative deployment, we will continue to learn and refine as we go."

Altman also says that the Department of War has affirmed that OpenAI's services will not be used by its US intelligence agencies like the NSA, and that OpenAI "want[s] to work through democratic processes."

Source: PC Gamer