OpenAI has its first federal partner; the Pentagon selects Anduril’s autonomous underwater drones for Replicator

As OpenAI looks to make inroads with the federal government, it has struck a deal with the U.S. Agency for International Development as the first agency partner to use its ChatGPT Enterprise platform. Anna Makanju, OpenAI’s vice president of global affairs, told FedScoop that USAID plans to use the technology to help reduce administrative burden and “make it easier for new and local organizations” to partner with the agency.

Meanwhile, multiple sources told DefenseScoop that Pentagon leadership selected Anduril’s Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicles as part of the second tranche of capabilities to be quickly mass-produced via the high-profile modernization effort known as Replicator. This news marks the first public report of technologies that made the Defense Department’s cut for Replicator 1.2 — and it also follows the company’s recently revealed plans to launch a new factory in Rhode Island to speed up the manufacturing of these advanced uncrewed platforms.

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