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Kevin Okemwa

Sam Altman backpedals as ChatGPT uninstalls surge 295%, and critics torch Pentagon fiasco — calls deal "opportunistic and sloppy"

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a panel discussion on potentials, perspectives and challenges in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Technical University (TU) in Berlin on February 7, 2025.

Generative AI shows a lot of promise, especially in the education and medicine sectors. But on the flip side, it also poses a great threat to humanity. Even Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei admitted that the AI research lab doesn't understand exactly how its own models work.

Last week, Anthropic, which touts itself as the most safety-conscious of the top research labs, refused a Pentagon contract that would have allowed Claude to be used for mass surveillance of American citizens and autonomous weapons systems. However, OpenAI signed the agreement with the Pentagon to provide its artificial intelligence technologies for classified systems.

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