Forbes October 15, 2024
The ChatGPT maker is now working with Carahsoft, a billionaire-owned government contractor that helps tech companies provide their software to the Pentagon.
Earlier this year, OpenAI quietly removed some language from its usage policies prohibiting people from using its products for “military and warfare,” as CEO Sam Altman and his fellow execs opened the company up to defense work. As a path to getting business with the Pentagon, OpenAI has since partnered with Carahsoft, a government contractor recently accused of allegedly price fixing on Department of Defense contracts.
According to Carahsoft’s website, it added OpenAI to what’s called a contract vehicle with the DoD titled Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS). The vehicle is a method the government uses...