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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 26 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

FWIW Anthropic ain't great either.

Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee

Some worried about privacy, others complained that conversations with the bot drowned out interactions between real humans. When users confronted Clinton with their concerns, he brushed them off, said he would not submit to mob rule, and explained that AIs have emotions and that tech firms were working to create a new form of sentience, according to Discord logs and conversations with members of the group.

Leaked Slack Messages Show CEO of “Ethical AI” Startup Anthropic Saying It’s Okay to Benefit Dictators

“There is a truly giant amount of capital in the Middle East, easily $100B or more,” Amodei wrote in the Slack messages, as quoted by Wired.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei backs President Trump on AI policy, pushes back on criticism

Anthropic publicly praised President Trump’s AI Action Plan... We have been supportive of the President’s efforts to expand energy provision in the US in order to win the AI race.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Then how about:
QWEN. DeepSeek.
Gemini.
But ofc all AI bad.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 17 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

From best to worst

Still preferably none, your brain is a muscle that needs exercise
A local model with beefy hardware, if you can install one. Otherwise, a less powerful model that's still local, like Ensu.
A proxied model from a company with a good track record, like DuckDuckGo or Proton
Out of the ones you listed, DeepSeek might be the least bad. As long as you don't send personal information to it, stick to the site and not a permission-hungry app, remain behind a VPN, and aren't a recent expatiate from China asking prickly questions, it's probably fine.
Google hates you. Gemma is Google. They are a part of the American surveillance apparatus incarnate.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 points 18 hours ago

Alr ty