OpenAI has signed a new partnership with Amazon Web Services to distribute its AI models to U.S. defense and civilian government agencies, including through AWS GovCloud and classified regions, expanding its federal footprint amid Anthropic's Pentagon fallout.

Anthropic's legal and public dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense has intensified after the Pentagon's AI chief called the company's stance 'bananas.' The conflict centers on a supply-chain risk designation that Anthropic argues threatens its ability to operate independently.

OpenAI brings secure ChatGPT to GenAI.mil, the Pentagon's AI platform serving 3 million military and civilian personnel with enhanced safeguards.