Following backlash, OpenAI's billionaire CEO Sam Altman said the ChatGPT maker rushed its deal with US Pentagon. Adding that OpenAI is also "making some additions" to the deal, he said, "We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things...but...it just looked opportunistic and sloppy." As per Sensor Tower, ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% day-to-day in US on February 28 over the deal.