Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway https://theregister.com/2026/03/06/openai_dod_deal/ via @theregister & @sjvn

OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived.

Altman said no to military AI abuses – then signed Pentagon deal anyway

Opinion: OpenAI CEO's principles lasted about 12 hours before $200M check arrived

The Register

@sjvn @theregister i must admit, i had some sort of idea in my head that looking at the kind of mistakes "AI" makes militaries would be slow to adopt it.

Guess I'm just naive.

@rasmus91 @sjvn @theregister
The AI gets to be used in the kind decisioning steps where getting it wrong results in some collateral murder.
@rasmus91 @sjvn @theregister That requires everyone to stop drinking the Koolaid.
@sjvn @JulianOliver @theregister The bills were wrapped in a threat letter 😎