Pentagon awards OpenAI $200M contract for 'frontier AI'

The US Department of Defense has awarded OpenAI a contract worth up to $200 million to develop "frontier AI" capabilities for national security. While OpenAI emphasizes its technology won't be used for weapons, the contract's mention of "warfighting" and recent appointments of OpenAI executives to the US Army Reserve have raised concerns. The collaboration aims to explore AI applications in healthcare and cybersecurity, among others, but details remain scarce. OpenAI's past work with military contractor Anduril further fuels scrutiny of this partnership.