OpenAI Agrees to Work With Department of War on Autonomous Weapons

Last Thursday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei announced the company would bail on negotiations with the Department of War. The Pentagon had already made extensive use of their generative AI model and began requesting that Anthropic ease restrictions on their terms of use.

Amodei cited mass surveillance and “fully autonomous weapons” as lines he wouldn’t cross, framing the decision as a pro-human-existence stance. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took a different course, posting that OpenAI had struck terms with the Department of War and celebrating a new venture in arms dealing with the U.S.

government. “In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome,” Altman wrote.

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