By Bruce Gil
Publication Date: 2026-03-06 17:25:00
OpenAI’s recent dealings with the U.S. military have raised a lot of eyebrows. But it wasn’t that long ago that the AI company had a policy banning its models from being used by militaries or for warfare. Despite that ban, the Pentagon had been testing a version of OpenAI’s models through Microsoft in an apparent workaround as far back as 2023, according to Wired.
The tech news outlet reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources, that the Pentagon had been experimenting with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service that year. A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to the outlet that Azure OpenAI became available to the U.S. government in 2023 and was subject to Microsoft’s terms of service. The spokesperson did not say exactly when the models became available to the Pentagon, but noted the service was not approved for “top secret” government workloads until 2025.
OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Gizmodo.
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