OpenAI to change deal with US military after backlash

"The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"faster, more efficient, and ultimately more lethal decisions where that's appropriate."

— Louis Mosley , Executive

"We shouldn’t have rushed to get this out on Friday. The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"Good learning experience for me as we face higher-stakes decisions in the future."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"The Department understands this limitation to prohibit deliberate tracking, surveillance, or monitoring of U.S. persons or nationals."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"Any services to those agencies would require a follow-on modification to our contract."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"There are many things the technology just isn’t ready for, and many areas we don’t yet understand the tradeoffs required for safety."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"I would not accept any unconstitutional order by the US Department of Defense over its AI systems, even if that led me to prison."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"Let me get this straight: Anthropic refused to work with DoW unless they could promise their tech wasn't used for surveillance or killing."

— Aidan Gold , Influencer

"We really wanted to de-escalate things, and we thought the deal on offer was good."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"That’s not how any of this works."

— Katrina Mulligan , Executive

"Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems."

— Sam Altman , Executive

"The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the [Pentagon], and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution."

— Donald Trump , Politician