Discussion

• @shakeelhashim Shakeel on x

  In the last few days, OpenAI and its executives have claimed that its DoW deal prevents its models being used for mass domestic surveillance. As I write in a lengthy explainer for @ReadTransformer today, that appears to be misleading at best. [image]

• @shakeelhashim Shakeel on x

  A welcome update! Also confirms that OpenAI's statements on what the original deal did were not accurate.

• @bindureddy Bindu Reddy on x

  Great to see OpenAI clarify and explicitly re-write the terms of their government deal! They explicitly ban their AI from being used for mass surveillance and by intelligence service Good for them 👏👏

• @obrien Chris O'Brien on x

  @Jessicalessin Emil Michael: A study in moral bankruptcy. [image]

• @buccocapital @buccocapital on x

  Strategic miscalculations from OpenAI starting to add up: 1. Taking on Google and Apple and Meta at the same time 2. Public crash out on prominent shareholder's podcast 3. DoW contract

• @jessicalessin Jessica Lessin on x

  For people just getting to know the Department of War's Emil Michael there are two big things you need to know about his time as the no 2 to Kalanick at Uber. 1/ he was the architect of Uber's war chest. In this respect he was the sam altman before sam altman, scouring the

• @natseckatrina @natseckatrina on x

  @ShakeelHashim @ReadTransformer New language reinforces that domestic surveillance is disallowed under this agreement, including involving commercially acquired information. See @sama 's post.

• @mattzeitlin Matthew Zeitlin on x

  is there any software product that sells to the government that users like as much as claude?

• @andrewcurran_ Andrew Curran on x

  Claude has fans in DHHS. [image]

• @bendreyfuss Ben Dreyfuss on x

  Claude is so much better than ChatGPT. Jesus Christ lol. I didn't join it because of some hippie dippy nonsense about pentagon contracts. I joined it for the normal reason (people on twitter said it was good). And damn howdy it sure is better than ChatGPT

• @jessicalessin Jessica Lessin on x

  2/ he was notorious as the exemplar of Uber's aggressive culture. Someone under him was accused of accessing a rape victim's confidential medical records (Uber settled) and he ultimately resigned around the same time as Kalanick due to the company's myriad scandals.

• @kevincollier Kevin Collier on bluesky

  Sam Altman just said he has tweaked his deal with the Pentagon and wrote a list of things he says are part of it, and he chose to include this really great line:  —  “One thing I think I did wrong: we shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday.”

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  prohibits ‘deliberate’ tracking and surveillance, and “intentionally” using them for domestic surveillance.  very easy to get around!  [embedded post]

• r/ChatGPT r on reddit

  Sam Issues follow up on DOW Deal

• @racebannon Race Bannon on bluesky

  “The problem with telling everyone what they want to hear is that eventually reality catches up with you.  The people who will live under AI-powered surveillance, and the people in the flight path of AI-assisted drone swarms...”  —  www.platformer.news/openai-penta...