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OpenAI publishes national-security principles as its Pentagon and allied-government book grows
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
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Medium · — OpenAI primary source only for the document itself; corroborating reporting on surrounding contracts
Evidence
OpenAI primary post + contract history + allied-partner list
OpenAI published its National Security Principles Tuesday, formalizing the terms under which it sells to governments as it expands cyber and biosecurity work with US and allied agencies.
- The document was developed with independent national-security expert David Kris and reflects a cross-company effort covering research, safety, policy and government-partnership teams.
- The principles apply to OpenAI's existing work with the Department of War, restating three contractual restrictions: no mass domestic surveillance, no directing autonomous weapons systems, and no high-stakes automated decisions.
- OpenAI established Trusted Access for Cyber partnerships with Australia, Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, France, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and EU institutions including ENISA in the past month as part of its Daybreak cyber defense program , alongside a $200M Pentagon contract.
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