OpenAI Robotics Manager Resigns Over Pentagon Deal

  A robotics manager at OpenAI said Saturday that she had resigned over the artificial intelligence giant’s deal with the US government to allow its technology’s deployment for war and domestic surveillance. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); The company behind ChatGPT secured a defense contract with the Pentagon last month, hours after rival Anthropic refused to agree to unconditional military use of its technology. OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, later posted to X, saying it would be modifying a contract so its models would not be used for “domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals,” after criticism that it was giving too much power to military officials without oversight. Caitlin Kalinowski, a manager of the hardware team in the robotics division, posted on X that she cared deeply about “the Robotics team and the work we built together.” However, “surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got.” Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); “This was about principle, not people,” she said. Kalinowski wrote in a follow-up post that she took issue with the haste of OpenAI’s Pentagon deal. “To be clear, my issue is that the announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined,” she wrote. “It’s a governance concern first and foremost. These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.” Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); });   READ ALSO: Asian Equities Plunge As Oil Soars 30% On Mideast Crisis Anthropic’s refusal to authorise use of its Claude AI models had prompted backlash from US officials. Kalinowski previously worked at Meta, developing their augmented reality glasses. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587060870-0"); });   AFP Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: AI Military technology us More Stories Fake AI Satellite Imagery Spurs US-Iran War Disinformation Google To Open German Centre For ‘AI Development’ Powerful Nvidia AI Chip Not Yet Sold In China: US official /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.

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