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OpenAI military agreement contractually restricts autonomous weapons and surveillance

OpenAI's classified deployment agreement retains its safety stack, uses cloud-only deployment, keeps cleared personnel in the loop, and contractually restricts autonomous weapons, high-stakes automated decisions, and domestic surveillance.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM41confidence 60/100

Why it moved the index

Contract language, retained technical controls, human oversight, and termination rights strengthen control over classified AI deployment, though the full contract is not independently authenticated.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 41 · confidence 60

    New source-backed contractual military-deployment safeguards absent from durable context.

    11 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI military agreement contractually restricts autonomous weapons and surveillance” as evidence moving away from doom, with magnitude 41 and confidence 60 out of 100 in the governance and control category.

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