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Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is not happy \u2014 perhaps predictably so \u2014 with OpenAI chief Sam Altman. In a memo to staff, reported by The Information<\/a>, Amodei referred to OpenAI\u2019s dealings with the Department of Defense as \u201csafety theater.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe main reason [OpenAI] accepted [the DoD\u2019s deal] and we did not is that they cared about placating employees, and we actually cared about preventing abuses,\u201d Amodei wrote.<\/p>\n Last week, Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) failed to come to an agreement over the military\u2019s request for unrestricted access<\/a> to the AI company\u2019s technology. Anthropic, which already had a $200 million contract with the military, insisted the DoD affirm that it would not use the company\u2019s AI to enable domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weaponry.<\/p>\n Instead, the DoD \u2014 known under the Trump administration as the Department of War \u2014 struck a deal<\/a> with OpenAI. Altman stated<\/a> that his company\u2019s new defense contract would include protections against the same red lines that Anthropic had asserted.<\/p>\n In a letter to staff, Amodei refers to OpenAI\u2019s messaging as \u201cstraight up lies,\u201d stating that Altman is falsely \u201cpresenting himself as a peacemaker and dealmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n Amodei might not be speaking solely from a position of bitterness, here. Anthropic specifically took issue<\/a> with the DoD\u2019s insistence on the company\u2019s AI being available for \u201cany lawful use.\u201d OpenAI said in a blog post <\/a>that its contract allows use of its AI systems for \u201call lawful purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was clear in our interaction that the DoW considers mass domestic surveillance illegal and was not planning to use it for this purpose,\u201d OpenAI\u2019s blog post stated. \u201cWe ensured that the fact that it is not covered under lawful use was made explicit in our contract.\u201d<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span> Critics have pointed out that the law is subject to change, and what is considered illegal now might end up being allowed in the future.<\/p>\n And the public seems to be siding with Anthropic. ChatGPT uninstalls jumped 295%<\/a> after OpenAI made its deal with the DoD.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this attempted spin\/gaslighting is not working very well on the general public or the media, where people mostly see OpenAI\u2019s deal with the DoW as sketchy or suspicious, and see us as the heroes (we\u2019re #2 in the App Store now!),\u201d Amodei wrote to his staff. \u201cIt is working on some Twitter morons, which doesn\u2019t matter, but my main worry is how to make sure it doesn\u2019t work on OpenAI employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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