ChatGPT creator OpenAI has been awarded a $200M contract with the United States Department of Defense to help develop AI tools for the country.
On Monday, June 16, the US Department of Defense revealed a series of new contracts for the Air Force, Navy, Army, and more.
That includes the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office, which awarded a $200 million contract to OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, to develop “prototype frontier AI capabilities” that will help address “critical national security challenges” in both warfighting and enterprise domains.
The work is estimated to be finished in July 2026, and OpenAI detailed its plans further in a blog post of its own.
OpenAI launches ‘OpenAI for government’ program
“Today we’re launching OpenAI for Government, a new initiative focused on bringing our most advanced AI tools to public servants across the United States,” said the company.
“Our goal is to unlock AI solutions that enhance the capabilities of government workers, help them cut down on the red tape and paperwork, and let them do more of what they come to work each day to do: serve the American people.”
Through the contract they were awarded by the United States DOD, OpenAI hopes to “transform its administrative operations” by improving how service members and their families get health care and supporting “proactive cyber defense.”
The ChatGPT creators also made it clear that everything done by the government employees must abide by the company’s existing usage policies and guidelines.
OpenAI has continued to work on different ways to advance ChatGPT’s various models since it first launched in November 2022, and often gives the public a chance to see what it’s capable of online.
Back in May, ChatGPT’s o3 model went live on Twitch to stream an entirely automated playthrough of the classic Game Boy game Pokemon Red.
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