OpenAI wins $200m contract with US military for ‘warfighting’

Program with the defense department is first under the startup's initiative to put AI to work in governments

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

The San Francisco-based company will develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains", according to the defense department's posting of awarded contracts.