OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work to Staff, Calls Backlash ‘Really Painful’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work to Staff, Calls Backlash ‘Really Painful’: a running story on the front pages of 2 newsrooms from 28 February 2026 to 5 March 2026, 3 headlines over 6 days.

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5 March 2026

• CNN Sam Altman backed Anthropic’s redlines, then cut his own deal. Not everyone is happy

4 March 2026

• Wall Street Journal OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work to Staff, Calls Backlash ‘Really Painful’

28 February 2026

• CNN OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shares Anthropic’s concerns about working with the Pentagon