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Public story · 2026-03-03 · source-backed
Altman publicly acknowledged OpenAI rushed its Pentagon deal and is amending terms to bar domestic surveillance and NSA use. His defense of Anthropic — "the supply-chain designation would be very bad for our industry" — signals a strategic shift from competitive opportunism to industry self-preservation. His statement "I am terrified of a world where AI companies act like they have more power than the government" is the most explicit philosophical framing any AI CEO has offered on democratic governance. CNBC
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