OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared

James O'Donnell / technologyreview - On February 28, OpenAI announced it had reached a deal that will allow the US military to use its technologies in classified settings. CEO Sam Altman said the negotiations, which the company began pursuing only after the Pentagon’s public reprimand of Ant…

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OpenAI scrambles to add safeguards to Pentagon contract

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After leaks and massive criticism, OpenAI adds safeguard clauses to Pentagon contract

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Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance Verbiage

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prohibits 'deliberate' tracking and surveillance, and "intentionally" using them for domestic surveillance, both bus-sized loopholes. On top of that, it says the NSA won't use chatgpt...unless there's a contractual amendment to that effect. Forgive me for

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What is OpenAI going to do when the truth comes out?

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prohibits 'deliberate' tracking and surveillance, and "intentionally" using them for domestic surveillance. very easy to get around! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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Pentagon vs Anthropic: fight over AI red lines

through a mask of snot and coughing I have somehow manufactured a short free newsletter, by which I mean an 8000 word one, about CoreWeave, OpenAI's continual lies about its revenues and growth, and the whole Department of Defense LLM debacle. Out sometim

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OpenAI’s “compromise” with the Pentagon is what Anthropic feared

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How many times can your $800B company say "Oopsie Doodle, we really muffed that one, huh?" before any investors begin to question the value proposition of AT THE VERY LEAST Sam Altman as a figure.

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Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance Verbiage https://gizmodo.com/facing-backlash-openai-amends-pentagon-deal-to-add-more-anti-surveillance-verbiage-2000728644

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“U.S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense (DoD), which has been rebranded under the Trump administration as the Depart

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OpenAI’s ‘Red Lines’ Are Written In The NSA’s Dictionary—Where Words Mean What The NSA Wants Them To Mean Within hours on Friday, the Pentagon blacklisted one AI company for refusing to drop its safety commitments on surveillance and autonomous weapons,

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