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OpenAI is poised to undercut rivals like Anthropic and Google in the race to see its AI tools integrated into federal agency workflows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The AI giant has reached an agreement <\/a>with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the government\u2019s central purchasing arm, to offer ChatGPT Enterprise to participating federal agencies for just $1 per agency for the next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n The partnership comes a day after the GSA added OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic<\/a> to a list of approved AI vendors that can offer their services to civilian federal agencies. The companies will see their tools offered via the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS), a federal contracting platform that lets government agencies access AI tools via pre-negotiated contracts so they don\u2019t have to negotiate with vendors individually.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear whether other AI firms are going to offer their services at such a discounted rate, though GSA Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum in a statement<\/a> encouraged \u201cother American AI technology companies to follow OpenAI\u2019s lead and work with us.\u201d<\/p>\n TechCrunch has reached out to Anthropic and Google for more information.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to access to ChatGPT Enterprise, OpenAI is offering unlimited use of advanced models for an additional 60 days. Federal employees will also have access to a new government user community and tailored introductory training resources to get familiar with OpenAI\u2019s tools.\u00a0<\/p>\n Data security is a top priority for government agencies that are concerned about sensitive information being leaked into model training sets. TechCrunch has asked the GSA for details on how government data is being safeguarded, including whether measures like on-premises or private cloud deployments are being used to enhance security.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<\/span> \u201cThe government is taking a cautious, security\u2011first approach to AI,\u201d a GSA spokesperson told TechCrunch. \u201cThis ensures sensitive information remains protected while enabling agencies to benefit from AI\u2011driven efficiencies.\u201d<\/p>\n OpenAI\u2019s discount comes a couple of weeks after the Trump administration published its AI Action Plan that seeks to boost data center buildouts and integrate more AI tools into government, among other things. It also follows a Trump executive order that bans \u201cwoke AI\u201d<\/a> and AI models that aren\u2019t \u201cideologically neutral\u201d from government contracts.\u00a0<\/p>\n TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI to learn more about its GSA partnership and how it will approach Trump\u2019s executive order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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