The deal was announced in response to the White House’s recent policy strategy to make the United States the AI capital of the world.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration has signed a deal with OpenAI to provide the enterprise-level version of the ChatGPT platform to all federal agencies in an effort to “modernize” operations.
Under the deal, all US government agencies will have access to the AI platform for $1 per agency to facilitate integration of AI into workflow operations, according to a Wednesday from the US General Services Administration (GSA).
The GSA, which is the US government’s procurement office, said the private-public partnership “directly supports” the White House’s AI Action Plan, a three-pillar development recently disclosed by the admnistration.
Despite the modernization efforts, critics say the between nation-states may have negative implications for privacy, , censorship, narrative control, cybersecurity, civil liberties and governance.
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In 2023, the US Space Force, a branch of the military, at the organization, including ChatGPT, due to cybersecurity concerns over sensitive data critical to national security.
Large-language models (LLMs) and AI service providers would need to overhaul their data protection standards before the tools can be widely adopted by the military, said Lisa Costa, Space Force’s deputy chief of space operations for technology and innovation at the time.
Public concerns over automating government work with AI have also grown as the AI industry develops.
Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson recently came under fire after acknowledging that he had consulted AI for policy decisions, to The Guardian.
Tom Samuelsson, a spokesperson for the prime minister, said Kristersson did not use AI to discuss classified matters or sensitive information related to national security.
Large-language models and AI chatbots intake large quantities of user data from the internet and conversations with willing users, which trains the AI.
The cybersecurity are the root of the privacy concerns voiced by users, tech executives, and civil liberties activists.
ChatGPT conversations could be against a user in a court of law, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently . The CEO said that AI conversations do not have any kind of privacy protections and are subject to government search and seizure laws.
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