In this episode, we examine OpenAI’s landmark \$200 million Pentagon contract and its growing rift with Microsoft over infrastructure control and intellectual property. We explore how OpenAI’s push into national security—following a policy shift on military use—marks a new phase for AI in defense, and why tensions with Microsoft could reshape cloud partnerships and antitrust scrutiny in the AI space. With strategic stakes rising and frontier AI now integral to military operations, this development highlights the growing intersection of AI, national defense, and corporate autonomy.

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