# Sam Altman Faces Lawmaker Questions Over OpenAI's Defense Work

- slug: sam-altman-faces-lawmaker-questions-over-openais-defense-work
- date: 2026-03-13
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Sam Altman met with a group of senators in Washington, D.C. this week and faced "serious questions" about OpenAI's defense contracts—just weeks after the company secured a deal with the Department of

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