An OpenAI spokesperson says Sam Altman misspoke in saying OpenAI was looking to deploy on all NATO classified networks, adding he meant “unclassified networks”
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Discussion
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@scaling01
@scaling01
on x
good, it should be painful now distract us with GPT-5.4 [image]
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@provisionalidea
James Rosen-Birch
on x
imagine swooping in to steal a competitor's contract when they're taking a moral stand and being threatened by the gov't, completely fumbling the PR and having it blow up in your face, and then having the gall to try to position it as a moral, principled choice
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@signulll
@signulll
on x
i didn't want to talk about this topic again but damn what a colossal miscalculation from openai all around. the problem was never working or not working with the government. you should absolutely work with the government. the underlying problem came to be because they tried t…
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@markvalorian
Mark Valorian
on x
And there it is. It seems @OpenAI's DoD contract was not so “inconsequential” after all... Within 3 days they're touting this as a gateway to all NATO classified networks. They essentially sold out the American people for the prospect of foreign money. And lied directly to our [i…
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@berber_jin1
Berber Jin
on x
altman also said in the all hands that OAI was looking at a contract to deploy on “all nato classified networks” more in our second take here: https://www.wsj.com/...
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@sama
Sam Altman
on x
Sam Altman says that “the democratic process must stay in control, and we must democratize AI” and that no private company should decide the fate of the world
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@metacurity.com
Cynthia Brumfield
on bluesky
Oh no! Sam Altman says he experienced some pain in moving in for the kill on Anthropic's deal with the Pentagon so quickly. [embedded post]
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@scriban
@scriban
on bluesky
Ah, yes. The very serious “brand consequences.” [embedded post]
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@langdongrant
Langdon Grant
on bluesky
LMFAO, never seen someone go completely washed so quickly. 🤣🤣🤣 — “OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Monday that the company 'shouldn't have rushed' its recent deal with the U.S. Department of Defense and outlined revisions to the agreement.” — www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/o... …
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@wittywebhandle
Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins
on bluesky
How many times can your $800B company say “Oopsie Doodle, we really muffed that one, huh?” before any investors begin to question the value proposition of AT THE VERY LEAST Sam Altman as a figure.
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@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social
Jeff Jarvis
on mastodon
Cry me a river, Sam: — “To try so hard to do the right thing and get so absolutely like, personally crushed for it...is really painful.” He calls it “a complex but the right decision with extremely difficult brand consequences.” — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends Pentagon Work …
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@can
@can
on x
constant posting by @sama et al on the DoD deal feels a lot like “we are winging it and figuring it out as we go” and less like a principled stance about anything. maybe that's par for th course, will probz work out, but if there's a guiding north star, I don't see it
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@valhalla_dev
@valhalla_dev
on x
How exactly does Sam Altman dig deeper into the PR nightmare every time he hits the timeline? Between this and the joke of an “AMA” the other night, he'd probably best be served either keeping quiet for a couple months or going full Palmer Luckey
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@scaling01
@scaling01
on x
“Lisan you are so biased, always trash talking OpenAI and Sam. you're just a hater.” no, I'm actually seeing Sam and OpenAI for who they are. I have been right about them AGAIN just remind yourself of this in 6 months, when they are in the news again for some shady shit
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@sean_from_earth
Sean
on x
I get the logic here but telling your highly competent staff “yes, we're building the machine god and we're going to let pete fucking hegseth decide how to use it” is about the worst messaging possible.
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@timzero4
Tim Edwards
on bluesky
www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/s... CEO Sam Altman said his company doesn't get to choose how the military uses its technology.
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on bluesky
It's almost comical how transparent OpenAI is being about the play being to let the government use ChatGPT to spy on Americans and kill people then claim the government broke its promise when it happens. [image]
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r/technology
r
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Sam Altman tells OpenAI staffers that military's ‘operational decisions’ are up to the government
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r/politics
r
on reddit
Sam Altman tells OpenAI staffers that military's ‘operational decisions’ are up to the government
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r/BuyFromEU
r
on reddit
OpenAI looking at contract with NATO, source says
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r/singularity
r
on reddit
OpenAI looking at contract with NATO, source says