OpenAI, Sam Altman and Pentagon
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OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.
Sam Altman said OpenAI will not allow its AI to be used for mass surveillance or autonomous lethal weapons in Pentagon deals.
Altman told staffers in a memo that OpenAI's tools should not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or to power weapons capable of firing without human oversight.
The dispute centers on broader debates over the evolving role artificial intelligence plays in national security.
Sam Altman is starting to get the sneaking suspicion that companies might be using the technology he’s dedicated his life to (once it turned out to be extremely profitable) as cover for their own interests.
Sam Altman says some companies are "AI washing" job cuts, but he wasn't sure what percentage of layoffs fell into that category.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended the resource use of AI on Friday, arguing that water concerns were "fake" and comparing it to human energy use.
WTF?! It seems OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has grown tired of defending AI's consumption of our planet's rapidly depleting natural resources. In a recent interview, he said water-usage concerns over data centers were "fake," before highlighting the shocking amount of energy it takes to "train a human."
AiCandy founders Hans Buyse and Jan De Loore told Business Insider they've received collab requests and a job offer in the ad's wake.
In controversial comments, the OpenAI CEO defended resource-intensive AI models by pointing out that humans, too, require lots of energy.