# U.S. Department of Defense

OpenAI Signs Deal to Put Its Models on Pentagon Networks, Deepening U.S. Military’s AI Turn

OpenAI has agreed to deploy its AI models on the Pentagon’s classified networks, saying the work will adhere to company principles that prohibit domestic mass surveillance and require human control over force. However, reporting suggests those safeguards may not extend to a blanket ban on fully autonomous weapons, deepening debates about the militarisation of commercial AI and its geopolitical consequences.