OpenAI is considering a contract to deploy its AI technology on North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) “unclassified” networks, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, days after the ChatGPT-owner struck a deal with the Pentagon. The Wall Street Journal first reported that OpenAI was considering an agreement with NATO.
The newspaper said the OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, had initially said in a company meeting that it was looking to deploy on all NATO classified networks, but a company spokeswoman later clarified to the Journal that Altman misspoke and the contract opportunity was for NATO’s “unclassified networks.”
NATO, a 32-member military alliance, did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft, Amazon and others, announced a deal late last week to deploy its technology in the Pentagon’s classified network, after U.S. President Donald Trump directed the government to stop working with rival Anthropic.
