United Kingdom, March 4 -- Sam Altman says OpenAI will amend its agreement with the US government over the use of its artificial intelligence in classified military operations.

After criticism of what the OpenAI chief executive described as an "opportunistic and sloppy" deal, he said the company would update its contract to explicitly prevent its systems being used to spy on Americans.

The agreement had emerged days earlier after a dispute between AI firm Anthropic and the US Department of Defense over concerns about the use of Anthropic's AI model, Claude, for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

The controversy has raised questions about how artificial intelligence is deployed in military contexts and how much influence go...