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Mar 1, 2026 · Industry Insights

OpenAI Signs the Military Contract Anthropic Rejected—Same Day, Same Terms?

On Feb 28, 2026 OpenAI signed a deal with the U.S. Department of War to deploy AI on classified military networks, while Anthropic publicly refused the same contract and threatened legal action, exposing stark contradictions in their descriptions of the agreement and sparking a heated AI militarization debate.