OpenAI Amends Pentagon Contract After Backlash

OpenAI said on March 3, 2026 that it is amending its new Pentagon contract after public backlash over potential surveillance and military uses. CEO Sam Altman posted an internal memo and said the company will add language barring intentional domestic surveillance and limiting services to Department of War intelligence agencies pending follow-on approvals. The move follows protests and nearly 500 employee objections to the deal.