Does "putting them in the agreement" mean "we will never allow them," or "we will not allow them if they are illegal?" Here's a link which says that the DoD was willing to make up with anthropic any time if they allowed surveillance of Americans: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-pentagon-supply-c...
Another leak says the agreement "reflects existing law and the pentagon's policies." https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/pentagon-openai-safety-red-...
Seems like Altman wants to spin this as the same principled stand anthropic took, but they really caved to the DoD's "all legal applications" framing. Up to you to decide how much you think the law restrains the Pentagon here.
Re:OpenAI – How to delete your account
by Reagan_Ridley on Saturday February 28, 2026 @09:54AM
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Altman wanted to you to believe he got the same deal Amodei didn't, because he has the art of deal.
From that it reads like the administration quickly agreed to the terms Anthropic wanted with OpenAI instead.