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OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models (www.engadget.com)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by XLE@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Sam Altman says "the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety."

Not 24 hours ago, he seemed to back Anthropic "supporting our warfighters" as long as two "red lines" weren't crossed, though his tepid support was laden with five instances of "I think" and one "mostly."

The two "red lines" in question:

  • Domestic mass surveillance
    (presumably, foreign mass surveillance is ok)
  • Autonomous weapons
    (likely because they would be held legally liable for misfires)
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[–] XLE@piefed.social 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

If you read Sam Altman's actual comment, it's really clear that he wasn't committing to anything with OpenAI. He was barely committing to anything in his own personal opinion.

"I don’t personally think the Pentagon should be threatening DPA against these companies. But I also think that companies that choose to work with the Pentagon, as long as it is going to comply with legal protections and the few red lines that the field, we have, I think we share with Anthropic and that other companies also independently agree with, I think it is important to do that. For all the differences I have with Anthropic, I mostly trust them as a company, and I think they really do care about safety, and I’ve been happy that they’ve been supporting our warfighters."

[–] DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

A big thinker, he is.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Tell me more

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Huh? I'm not good with sarcasm