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OpenAI partners with Anduril on AI for US counter-drone systems

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Anduril and OpenAI announced a partnership on 4 December 2024 to apply OpenAI’s models to Anduril’s counter-unmanned aircraft systems and its Lattice software, to help operators make faster, more accurate decisions. The models were to be trained on Anduril’s data on counter-drone threats and operations, and Sam Altman said the work would help protect US military personnel.

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A leading frontier lab agreed to work directly with a weapons maker for US forces, eleven months after removing its blanket ban on military use.

When
4 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0149
Who
OpenAI, Anduril; Sam Altman

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Anduril and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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WTA-N-2024-0149: “OpenAI partners with Anduril on AI for US counter-drone systems.” wheresthe.ai, 4 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/openai-anduril-counter-drone-partnership-2024-12/ (source: Anduril).

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