Sam Altman backs rival Anthropic in fight with Pentagon

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly supported rival company Anthropic in its dispute with the US Department of Defense over AI tool usage, stating that OpenAI shares Anthropic's refusal to allow certain uses like domestic surveillance and autonomous offensive weapons. The Pentagon has threatened Anthropic with retaliation, including invoking the Defense Production Act (a law letting the government use a company's products as it sees fit) or labeling the company a supply chain risk, but Anthropic maintains its position on restricting potentially harmful applications.