US EditionUS-Israel war with Iran: OpenAI changes deal with US after backlash
OpenAI added strict limits banning domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and requiring contract changes for NSA use after user backlash and a 295% surge in app uninstalls.
- On March 3, 2026, OpenAI amended its DoW pact to bar using its AI for domestic surveillance of US citizens and commercial bulk data surveillance.
- Facing public backlash and app‑store fallout, OpenAI faced a wave of user and OpenAI employee criticism, and Altman admitted he `shouldn't have rushed` the Friday announcement amid a high‑stakes dispute over military AI use.
- Intelligence agencies would require a follow‑on contract modification, and the new language cites the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, National Security Act of 1947, and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, while OpenAI said the deal added more safeguards.
- OpenAI scheduled an all‑hands meeting for March 4 to answer employees' questions as many staff backed Anthropic and Quit GPT protesters planned a 4 pm San Francisco demonstration.
- Legal experts warn that enforceability questions remain because Anthropic sought guarantees against domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons, while the UK Ministry of Defence signed a 240m contract recently.
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OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has publicly stated that his company moved too quickly on a recent agreement with the United States Department of War, announcing revisions to address concerns about surveillance and intelligence agency use designed to cool off the criticism he is taking from leftists.
Sam Altman says OpenAI renegotiating ‘opportunistic and sloppy’ deal with the Pentagon
OpenAI says it is renegotiating its “rushed” agreement with the Pentagon to add explicit prohibitions on the use of its artificial intelligence for domestic surveillance of American citizens—a provision that addresses one of the most contentious issues in the standoff between the U.S. military and the AI industry. In an internal memo shared on social media, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company “shouldn’t have rushed” to get the agreement out o…
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