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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
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OpenAI has entered into a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense that allows the company’s technologies to be used in classified military settings. The agreement includes provisions that bar the use of the models for autonomous weapons and for mass domestic surveillance, and OpenAI says it retains control over the safety rules governing its systems.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- MIT Tech Review·OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared
OpenAI reached a deal with the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. The agreement protects against use for autonomous weapons and mass domestic surveillance. OpenAI claims it maintains control over safety rules governing its models.
- Hacker News·OpenAI Just Got Anthropic's Pentagon Deal
- Engadget·OpenAI will amend Defense Department deal to prevent mass surveillance in the US
- TechMeme·OpenAI's red lines within its DOD agreement are built upon legal language that the NSA has redefined over decades to permit the things they appear to prohibit (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
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