OpenAI strikes a deal with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models
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OpenAI has agreed with the Defense Department to deploy its AI models, incorporating safety principles against mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. The deal follows U.S. government dissatisfaction with Anthropic over safety guardrails.
Source: Engadget
OpenAI has reached an agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models in the agency’s network, company chief Sam Altman has revealed on X. In his post, he said two of OpenAI’s most important safety principles are “prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems.” Altman claimed the company put those principles in its agreement with the agency, which he called by the government’s preferred name of Department of War (DoW), and that it had agreed to honor them. The agreement comes after the U.S. government soured on Anthropic for refusing to remove its AI's safety guardrails. Full Story