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A Few Observations on AI Companies and Their Military Usage Policies

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I led the Geopolitics Team at OpenAI for approximately three years and then joined two other teams before deciding to leave in June 2025.

A Few Observations on AI Companies and Their Military Usage Policies Sarah Shoker Feb 28, 2026 109 9 27 Share I led the Geopolitics Team at OpenAI for approximately three years and then joined two other teams before deciding to leave in June 2025. I was a researcher who was often tapped to provide ‘feedback’ on military usage policies. There’s been plenty of good analysis on the Anthropic vs. the Department of War situation. But what has largely been missed is that this story is also about how little the public knows of AI companies and the contract relationships they’ve formed with defense an

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