OpenAI has hired Mark Esper, the former US secretary of defense, as a strategic adviser for its military artificial intelligence activities. The company had previously prohibited military and warfare uses in its usage policies before removing those restrictions in 2024. It subsequently deployed ChatGPT on the GenAI.mil military platform, which could serve up to three million users, and signed an agreement with the Department of Defense to use its models in classified environments. OpenAI has also secured unclassified defense contracts worth up to $200 million. The agreement sets boundaries on mass domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons, whose enforcement will face greater scrutiny as the company’s government work expands.
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