OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’
by Dan Milmo and Robert Booth from on (#73Z71)
ChatGPT owner's CEO says it will bar its technology being used for mass surveillance or by intelligence services
OpenAI is amending its hastily arranged deal to supply artificial intelligence to the US Department of War (DoW) after the ChatGPT owner's chief executive admitted it looked opportunistic and sloppy".
The contract prompted fears the San Francisco startup's AI could be used for domestic mass surveillance but its boss, Sam Altman, said on Monday night the startup would explicitly bar its technology from being used for that purpose or being deployed by defence department intelligence agencies such as the National Security Agency (NSA).
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