OpenAI details layered protections in US defence department pact
The Straits Times
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OpenAI said on Feb 28 that the agreement it struck a day ago with the Pentagon to deploy technology on the US defence department’s classified network includes additional safeguards to protect its use cases.
US President Donald Trump on Feb 27 directed the government to stop working with Anthropic, and the Pentagon said it would declare the start-up a supply chain risk, dealing a major blow to the artificial intelligence lab after a showdown about technology guardrails.
Anthropic said it would challenge any risk designation in court.
Soon after, rival OpenAI, which is backed by Microsoft , Amazon, SoftBank and others, announced its own deal late on Feb 27.
“We think our agreement has more guardrails than any previous agreement for classified AI deployments, including Anthropic’s,” OpenAI said on Feb 28.
The AI firm said that the contract with the Department of Defence, which the Trump administration has renamed the Department of War, enforces three red lines: OpenAI technology cannot be used for mass domestic surveillance, to direct autonomous weapons systems or for any high-stakes automated decisions.
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