What you should know about the Cancel ChatGPT trend and whether it crossed a red line

The “Cancel ChatGPT” trend is growing after OpenAI’s Pentagon deal sparked backlash over military AI and surveillance concerns.
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‘No ethics at all’: the ‘cancel ChatGPT’ trend is growing after OpenAI signs a deal with the US military

Amidst concerns over mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, many users are quitting ChatGPT.

The trap Anthropic built for itself

Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and others have long promised to govern themselves responsibly. Now, in the absence of rules, there’s not a lot to protect them.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

OpenAI’s CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic.

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets

The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.

Musk bashes OpenAI in deposition, saying ‘nobody committed suicide because of Grok’

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI’s Grok flooded X with non-consensual nude images.

ChatGPT reaches 900M weekly active users

OpenAI shared the new numbers as part of its announcement that it has raised $110 billion in private funding.

AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines
AI vs. the Pentagon: killer robots, mass surveillance, and red lines

Can AI firms set limits on how and where the military uses their models? Anthropic is in heated negotiations with the Pentagon after refusing to comply with new military contract terms that would require it to loosen the guardrails on its AI models, allowing for “any lawful use,” even mass surveillance of Americans and fully […]

We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots
We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots

It’s the day of the Pentagon’s looming ultimatum for Anthropic: allow the US military unchecked access to its technology, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons, or potentially be designated a “supply chain risk” and potentially lose hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts. Amid the intensifying public statements and threats, tech workers […]

OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank
OpenAI snags $110 billion in investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and Softbank

OpenAI has closed another round of funding, totalling $110 billion being newly committed to the maker of ChatGPT, which it says has more than 900 million weekly active users and over 50 million consumer subscribers. Amazon is investing $50 billion and striking a deal that includes plans for custom models and more. Nvidia and SoftBank […]