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Governments obviously lead in military tech, but do you think they have access to better AI (in general) than consumers? Unless they do, I think it's fair to say that governments are behind the curve, since consumers tend to adopt things more quickly.
> but do you think they have access to better AI (in general) than consumers?
Absolutely. One of the top AI labs today is OpenAI, with ties to the US military, not least through Paul M. Nakasone, but also active contracts with the military, announced just a couple of days ago
> In June 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded OpenAI a $200 million one-year contract to develop AI tools for military and national security applications. OpenAI announced a new program, OpenAI for Government, to give federal, state, and local governments access to its models, including ChatGPT. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI#Use_by_military
It would be foolish to assume those collaborations are just about API usage with the same models that consumer have access to, there is definitely deeper collaborations than that.