India, Feb. 28 -- OpenAI has reached a deal on deploying its AI models in the classified network of the US Department of War, the firm's CEO Sam Altman said in a post on Saturday. The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between the Pentagon and AI startup Anthropic AI.

Detailing the specifics of this key deal, Altman said that OpenAI would build technical safeguards to ensure that the AI models being deployed to the network "behave as they should". He said that the firm's most important principles were prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, adding that the DoW agreed to it.

"In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve ...