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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed (www.bloomberg.com)

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Protesters Gather Outside OpenAI Headquarters after Policy Against Military Use is Quietly Removed::Protesters at OpenAI’s office demanded the startup cease military work. But first...

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[–] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Did you read the article? This isn't for weapons or harm.

An OpenAI spokesperson said it maintains a ban against using its tools to build weapons, harm people or destroy property. It amended the military ban to allow for projects that are still “very much aligned with what we want to see in the world,” Anna Makanju, OpenAI’s vice president for global affairs, said last month.

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But yeha... there's nothing stopping them from changing that stance in the future. But they haven't done it yet. The article is rage bait.