WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. government's

central purchasing arm on Tuesday added OpenAI's ChatGPT,

Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude to a list of approved

artificial intelligence vendors to speed use by government

agencies.

The move by the General Services Administration, allows

the federal government advance adoption of AI tools by making

them available for government agencies through a platform with

contract terms in place. GSA said approved AI providers "are

committed to responsible use and compliance with federal

standards."

(Reporting by David Shepardson and Harshita Mary Varghese in

Bengaluru)