President Trump told CNBC an Anthropic deal with the Department of Defense is 'possible,' reversing earlier moves to cut the AI firm from government contracts.

Caitlin Kalinowski, head of OpenAI's robotics team, has resigned citing concerns that OpenAI's agreement with the Department of Defense lacked sufficient guardrails against domestic surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons, calling it a governance failure.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirms the company is amending its Department of Defense contract to add explicit limits on AI use for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, following intense public backlash.

OpenAI published a blog post outlining its agreement with the Department of Defense, maintaining red lines against mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons, even as CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the deal was rushed and generated significant backlash — including Anthropic's Claude surpassing ChatGPT in the App Store.