OpenAI is offering federal agencies access to its frontier AI models—including ChatGPT—for just $1 over the next year, per a new agreement with the General Services Administration (GSA). CEO Sam Altman said the move delivers on President Trump’s AI Action Plan and puts cutting-edge AI tools in the hands of public servants.
The partnership follows months of lobbying by OpenAI, including meetings with GSA, FDA, and DOGE officials. On Tuesday, the GSA also approved ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini for government procurement, and OpenAI unveiled its first open-weight models since 2019, enhancing compatibility with secure federal applications.
This comes amid a broader federal push for AI integration. Under Trump’s leadership, the Department of Government Efficiency launched its own chatbot and encouraged AI modernization across departments.
Altman also joined Trump in May for a Middle East trip where U.S.-aligned AI partnerships were announced. While OpenAI says federal user data won’t be used for training, government access to generative AI signals a major shift in federal tech strategy.
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