OpenAI Granted $200M Contract with U.S. Military
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OpenAI Wins $200M Pentagon Contract for AI Defense Tools
OpenAI Wins $200M Pentagon Contract for AI Defense Tools
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OpenAI's military contract raises serious concerns about the weaponization of AI technology and represents a troubling policy reversal. The company quietly removed military restrictions last year and now profits from defense contracts while downplaying warfighting applications. This shift prioritizes revenue over ethical AI development, potentially accelerating an arms race in autonomous weapons systems.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 2.5% chance that OpenAI, Google DeepMind, or Anthropic will announce that they are pausing all training runs above a certain size for safety reasons before 2026, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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