OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’
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OpenAI is amending its agreement to provide AI to the US Department of War (DoW) after CEO Sam Altman acknowledged the deal appeared "opportunistic and sloppy." The original contract, made shortly after Anthropic was dropped as the Pentagon's AI contractor, raised concerns about potential domestic mass surveillance. Altman stated OpenAI's technology would be explicitly barred from surveillance and use by intelligence agencies like the NSA. The deal sparked online backlash and calls to boycott ChatGPT, while competitor Anthropic's chatbot, Claude, gained popularity. Altman admitted the announcement was rushed and lacked clear communication, despite OpenAI's claim of having stricter safeguards than previous agreements. The use of AI by the US military has raised concerns among employees at OpenAI and Google, who are urging their companies to refuse its use for surveillance and autonomous killing.
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