OpenAI Pentagon Contract Defines ‘Mission Models’ by Minimal Refusal Rates

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2026-09-08
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A Defense Department modification to its prototype agreement with OpenAI, released through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, defines the "OpenAI Mission Models" to be tested for the military as models "designed for national security use cases" that "have minimal refusal rates." The language appears in the P00003 modification, the released agreement text, which was produced to The Intercept in litigation brought by Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, the legal group representing…

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A Defense Department modification to its prototype agreement with OpenAI, released through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, defines the "OpenAI Mission Models" to be tested for the military as models "designed for national security use cases" that "have minimal refusal rates." The language appears in the P00003 modification, the released agreement text, which was produced to The Intercept in litigation brought by Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology, the legal group representing…

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