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OpenAI Took the Pentagon's Money and Called It Ethics

Sam Altman publicly claimed he shared Anthropic's ethical red lines on autonomous weapons and surveillance. He said it the morning OpenAI signed a Pentagon contract with no such limits. Those two things cannot both be true.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read

Tech & AI

Anthropic Held Its Red Lines and the Pentagon Called That a Security Threat

The Pentagon's "supply chain risk" designation against Anthropic arrived 9 days after Anthropic refused to lift restrictions on autonomous lethal weapons. A federal judge called it First Amendment retaliation. The administration is still arguing its case in appeals court.

By Audrey Liang · 3 min read

Tech & AI

The Pentagon Just Made AI Ethics a Firing Offense

The Pentagon calls it a supply chain risk designation. But Anthropic's blacklisting followed Trump calling the company 'RADICAL LEFT WOKE' on social media, and the contracts flowed immediately to xAI and OpenAI. The procurement decision is real. So is everything underneath it.

By Audrey Liang · 3 min read

Tech & AI

OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Has No Referee

Sam Altman clarified the terms of a classified military AI deal via a post on X. No congressional hearing, no public contract, no independent auditor. This is not a governance process; it's a company deciding its own homework deserves an A.

By Milo Hart · 3 min read