OpenAI Reaches Pentagon Agreement for Classified AI Systems Hours After Anthropic Blacklisting

Summary

OpenAI signed an agreement with the Pentagon to provide AI technologies for classified systems on February 27, 2026 — hours after President Trump ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's AI technology and Defense Secretary Hegseth formally designated Anthropic a "supply-chain risk to national security." ### Deal Structure OpenAI agreed to let the Pentagon use its AI systems "for any lawful purpose," the Pentagon's required term. However, OpenAI also negotiated two additional provisio