OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military

The US Department of Defence on Monday awarded OpenAI a $200 million contract to put generative artificial intelligence (AI) to work for the military.

San Francisco-based OpenAI will “develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains”, according to the department’s posting of awarded contracts.

The programme with the defence department is the first partnership under the startup’s initiative to put AI to work in governments, according to OpenAI.