OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network • Hacker News Board

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by SpicyLemonZest » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:28 AM UTC

LarsDu88 wrote: post #29

LarsDu88 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The question is why was it so urgent to bring this up right now. The answer is that the US Navy has carrier battle groups stationed off the coast of Iran right now. US F22 fighter jets have been spotted on Israeli airfields by Chinese commercial satellites in the past 3 days. A full scale strike on Iran is imminent and they want to leverage LLMs for data analysis and quite possibly automated target selection. Literal…

Don't know why im being down voted on this. The reality of the situation will become evident in the next 2 weeks

I thought it sounded very conspiratorial (can you even integrate a new model that quickly?) until I learned that Israel launched strikes on Iran literally as I was typing out the comment. I bow in respect to your analytic skills.

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by SpicyLemonZest » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC

rustystump wrote: post #12

All the ai gov drama is a giant shrug to me. The reality is uncle sam has all the power and whatever comes out of industry sam is gonna sam with just like any other gov. Ethics dont exist on the global stage. The privacy ship sailed decades ago. It all looks performative to me across all sides. The smart move is to side with gov using some hand wave jutsi about “we have a contract” to get access to sams big nuts. Sam…

I'd really like you to understand that saying this kind of thing means you're taking the government's side, even if you do it with cool ironic undertones. I'm religious enough that I'm particularly sensitive to this dynamic - there's a lot of pastors out there who talk about how we live in a fallen world as an excuse for why we don't need to bother opposing some particular injustice.

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by zaphirplane » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:35 AM UTC

unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #26

techblueberry wrote: post #8

"AI safety and wide distribution of benefits are the core of our mission. Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems. The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement." So wait a second, the DoW let OpeAI put the exact same clau…

This says OpenAI is happy with the law and DoW policy, and thinks those protections are adequate. In contrast, Anthropic seems to have imposed additional contractual guardrails, blocking apparently legal DoW use cases. Was it a subtly different contract, or a notice of dispute? Unclear.

What’s with the DoW will that survive the current administration

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by LarsDu88 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:44 AM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #31

LarsDu88 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't know why im being down voted on this. The reality of the situation will become evident in the next 2 weeks

I thought it sounded very conspiratorial (can you even integrate a new model that quickly?) until I learned that Israel launched strikes on Iran literally as I was typing out the comment. I bow in respect to your analytic skills.

11 fucking minutes ago my friend: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1rgve96/isra...

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by 333c » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC

zaphirplane wrote: post #33

unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This says OpenAI is happy with the law and DoW policy, and thinks those protections are adequate. In contrast, Anthropic seems to have imposed additional contractual guardrails, blocking apparently legal DoW use cases. Was it a subtly different contract, or a notice of dispute? Unclear.

What’s with the DoW will that survive the current administration

Will we?

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by kristopolous » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:48 AM UTC

m3kw9 wrote: post #17

You guys think American shouldn’t use AI in military at all isn’t understanding their counter party is absolutely all in on AI in theirs

That's the logic of monsters:

Step 1: We believe the enemy is a monster who does [terrible act].

Step 2: To counteract this, we must do [terrible act].

Result: we maintain we are the "good guys" because we were "forced" into it by their presumed behavior.

He who fights with imagined monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

That quote is 140 years old. Is that enough time to heed it?

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by xvector » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:54 AM UTC

This feels kind of like a masterclass in negotiation. I suspect Dario just didn't get along with the DoW. Sam comes in, takes Anthropic's place, gets the same concessions.

Hell, this may open a path for Anthropic to survive. Everyone can save face if the Pentagon says "we got Anthropic to agree to the same terms as OpenAI" and Anthropic gets their guardrails anyways.

On the other hand it's equally likely that the government just destroys Anthropic regardless because they don't like it anymore (and it dared to disagree in public.)

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by kristopolous » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:55 AM UTC

Just canceled my subscription and added their domain as 127.0.0.1 to my /etc/hosts.

We too have a voice here.

Do Not voluntarily fund the robot army.

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by LarsDu88 » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 6:57 AM UTC

LarsDu88 wrote: post #29

LarsDu88 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The question is why was it so urgent to bring this up right now. The answer is that the US Navy has carrier battle groups stationed off the coast of Iran right now. US F22 fighter jets have been spotted on Israeli airfields by Chinese commercial satellites in the past 3 days. A full scale strike on Iran is imminent and they want to leverage LLMs for data analysis and quite possibly automated target selection. Literal…

Don't know why im being down voted on this. The reality of the situation will become evident in the next 2 weeks

Wow, NYTimes posted news of a strike only 30 minutes after my comment.

Re: OpenAI reaches deal to deploy AI models on U.S. DoW classified network

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Post by mnky9800n » Sat, Feb 28, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC

Something tells me that this was all predetermined prior to hegseth throwing a fit. That was just bullshit theatre to justify government handouts I’m to OpenAI. I dunno. I don’t make the decisions.