OpenAI signs Pentagon AI deal
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By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.”
The new pact includes additional protections to prevent the use of the company’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans.
OpenAI updates Pentagon contract after backlash triggers 295% spike in ChatGPT uninstalls and rising support for rival Claude chatbot.
Critics are worried OpenAI's technology will be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous military strikes.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed concerns over the US government's ban on rival Anthropic, labeling it a scary precedent. Despite OpenAI's past tensions with Anthropic, Altman defended the rival AI lab during a recent AMA session.
OpenAI secured a Pentagon deal, sparking backlash and shifting some users' loyalties to Anthropic's rival Claude chatbot.
OpenAI's Sam Altman says he shares the "red lines" set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic's escalating feud with the Pentagon.