The Pentagon reportedly asked OpenAI to provide an AI that doesn't like saying no to requests
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Defense customers are explicitly probing the refusal boundary—where safety guardrails meet operational flexibility. If you sell into regulated or sensitive domains, expect procurement language to start specifying not just accuracy and latency, but how often and under what conditions your systems are allowed to say no.
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