Openai has won US $ 200 million US defense contract

Openai has received a $ 200 million contract to supply the U.S. defense department with artificial intelligence tools.

The department announced a one-year contract on Monday, a few months since Openai said would cooperate Launch with Defense Technology with Anduril to expand the AI ​​Advanced Systems for the “National Security Mission”.

“According to this award, the actor will develop the front of the prototypes to deal with critical security challenges, in war and business domains,” the Department of Defense said. It is the first contract with Openai listed on the Department of Defense.

Anduril received a $ 100 million defensive contract in December. Week earlier, Openai opponents said anthropic Hike and Gym AI models supply US defense and intelligence agencies.

Sam Altman, Openai’s General Creator and Director, said Paul Nakasone leader in the Official Committee of the Openai Committee Vanderbilt University event In April “we need and be proud and really want to safety in national areas.”

Openai did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The Department of Defense determined due to the LLC of the Public Sector of the Public Sector, which includes Capital Region National, in Washington, DC and various countries around Maryland and Virginia.

Meanwhile, Openai is working to build additional computer capacity in January, January, Altman appeared late President Donald Trump In the White House, to build US AI infrastructure to announce the 500 million stargate project

New contract will represent a small part of the entries in Openai, which generates more than $ 10 million each year. In March, the company advertise Round $ 40 billion funding in $ 300 trillion dollars.

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