What you need to know
- Microsoft reportedly pitched the use of OpenAI's DALL-E image generation technology to the US Department of Defense for military use.
- An OpenAI spokesman distanced the company from this plan, indicating that military use of its tools goes against its core principles and user policies.
- A Microsoft spokesman confirmed to The Intercept that if the Defense agencies decided to integrate DALL-E or an OpenAI tool into its combat tools, it would be subject to its user policies and not OpenAI's.
- A tech ethics specialist indicated that it's impossible to build a battle management system without causing harm to civilians.
