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tfm europe.pub tfm@europe.pub
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Sam Altman tweet: Tonight, we reached an agreement with the Department of War to deploy our models in their classified network.  In all of our interactions, the DoW displayed a deep respect for safety and a desire to partner to achieve the best possible outcome.  AI safety and wide distribution of benefits are the core of our mission. Two of our most important safety principles are prohibitions on domestic mass surveillance and human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems.  The DoW agrees with these principles, reflects them in law and policy, and we put them into our agreement.  We also will build technical safeguards to ensure our models behave as they should, which the DoW also wanted. We will deploy FDEs to help with our models and to ensure their safety, we will deploy on cloud networks only.  We are asking the DoW to offer these same terms to all AI companies, which in our opinion we think everyone should be willing to accept. We have expressed our strong desire to see things de-escalate away from legal and governmental actions and towards reasonable agreements.  We remain committed to serve all of humanity as best we can. The world is a complicated, messy, and sometimes dangerous place.

https://xcancel.com/sama/status/2027578652477821175

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als lemmy.blahaj.zone als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-10-25
#2 · (edited) Quote Reply

We will build technical safeguards

We all know that 1) they will rush it into use before that and 2) their safeguards don't work

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CelloMike lemmy.world CelloMike@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-06
#3 · Quote Reply

"SWATGPT you killed the wrong person"

"You're absolutely right, that was my bad and I'll do better next time"

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CameronDev programming.dev CameronDev@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-18
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"SWATGPT you killed the wrong person" "You're absolutely right, that was my bad and I'll do better next time"

You're absolutely correct, that was the wrong person. Let's try this one...

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uridl feddit.org uridl@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-02-21
#5 · Quote Reply

Very important if you do a lot of wa... special military operations

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pkjqpg1h lemmy.zip pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip
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Avicenna programming.dev Avicenna@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-11-07
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

"SWATGPT you killed the wrong person" "You're absolutely right, that was my bad and I'll do better next time"

More like

"You are absolutely right. However in an older version of the field document this person is labelled as a terroist."

"Can you provide me that document?"

"Sorry that document does not seem to exist anymore"

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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
#8 · Quote Reply

Sam Altman: "I will gladly kill for money."

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OpenHammer6677 lemmy.world OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#9 · Quote Reply

The DOW displayed a deep respect for safety

lmao what

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TheLowestStone lemmy.world TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#10 · Quote Reply

The world is a complicated, messy, and sometimes dangerous place.

And you just made it worse. Congratulations.

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-04
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"SWATGPT you killed the wrong person" "You're absolutely right, that was my bad and I'll do better next time"

"Move fast and break things kill people"

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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We will build technical safeguards We all know that 1) they will rush it into use before that and 2) their safeguards don't work

We will build technical safeguards

after we have unleashed it on the general public and have a clearer picture what to safeguard against.

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A_norny_mousse piefed.zip A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
Joined: 2026-02-04
#13 · Quote Reply

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Just AI: Altman Idiocy

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HasturInYellow lemmy.world HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-06
#14 · Quote Reply

"to achieve the best possible outcome"

For who? Even the people you're murdering?

"Ensure our models behave as they should"

We built a box that says "kill all brown people" and will act shocked that that would be it's solution to everything. It's so SMART!! It MUST just be the case that Muslims are violent and bad. Why else would our AI be so good willing to exterminate village after village?

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kingofthezyx lemmy.zip kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
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The DOW displayed a deep respect for safety lmao what

Dude. It's SAFE War. The government promised?

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plateee piefed.social plateee@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-20
#16 · Quote Reply

And this right here is how Sam Altman survives the AI bubble bursting.

Now they're a part of critical national infrastructure.

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TrickDacy Moderator TrickDacy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-27
#17 · Quote Reply

Sam Altman: "I will gladly kill for money."

He will be shown to be more monstrous than the other billionaires, and not just from this. The guy has a fucking screw loose.

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CompactFlax discuss.tchncs.de CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2025-02-14
#18 · Quote Reply

And this right here is how Sam Altman survives the AI bubble bursting. Now they're a part of critical national infrastructure.

Exactly. He’d kill his mother if it keeps him employed. There are no principles at OpenAI other than the pursuit of cash.

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MrKoyun lemmy.world MrKoyun@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-20
#19 · Quote Reply

Some pieces of wood, a rope, and a sharp blade is the solution to all our problems.

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Kilgore Trout feddit.it kilgore_trout@feddit.it
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#20 · Quote Reply

Serve all humanity through war?

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slaacaa lemmy.world slaacaa@lemmy.world
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#21 · Quote Reply

Barf

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antimongo lemmy.world antimongo@lemmy.world
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So Anthropic was requesting the DoW to include two (and only two) prohibited uses in their contract:

  • Autonomous killing with no human involvement
  • National, mass surveillance

My understanding was… that’s all Anthropic was asking for, any other use was acceptable. That’s why the deal wasn’t going through.

Now, Anthropic’s contract has ended, and the same day OpenAI is the DoW’s golden child?

Something tells me OpenAI’s contract does not have those prohibited uses in it.

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biggerbogboy sh.itjust.works biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
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#23 · Quote Reply

War is peace, freedom is slavery

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tfm europe.pub tfm@europe.pub
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So Anthropic was requesting the DoW to include two (and only two) prohibited uses in their contract: Autonomous killing with no human involvement National, mass surveillance My understanding was… that’s all Anthropic was asking for, any other use was acceptable. That’s why the deal wasn’t going through. Now, Anthropic’s contract has ended, and the same day OpenAI is the DoW’s golden child? Some...

Probably not

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teft piefed.social teft@piefed.social
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Deep respect for safety? When I was in the army they made us do all sorts of wild unsafe shit. And we were worth millions to them via our training. How safe do you think someone who they haven't spent money on will be?

Also the department of war jingoism is fucking annoying. Can't wait until adults are back in charge of the military.

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Janx piefed.social Janx@piefed.social
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#26 · Quote Reply

Dude. It's SAFE War. The government promised?

They're using NERF weapons?

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ThotDragon lemmy.blahaj.zone thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Cyberdyne Systems

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bluegreenpurplepink lemmy.world bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world
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#28 · Quote Reply

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HAL

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KraeuterRoy feddit.org KraeuterRoy@feddit.org
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Since MechaHitler is already taken, MechaStalin seems to be the next best thing

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brynden_rivers_esq lemmy.ca brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-02-24
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Oh no domestic mass surveillance? I don’t believe you…and if I did, you’re still happy to help mass surveillance everywhere else in the world?

Man, I wish I knew how to organize people against these ghouls.

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Hackworth piefed.ca Hackworth@piefed.ca
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#31 · Quote Reply

Probably not

Amodei said in an interview that the DoW altered their contract to appear to compromise, so that it looked like they were allowing Anthropic to have those limits. But that legalese accompanying the updates rendered that text pointless. Basically, "We won't use Claude for domestic surveillance and full automated killing, unless we really want to." My guess is OpenAI signed the exact same contract and just pretended not to understand the distinction.

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hector lemmy.today hector@lemmy.today
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#32 · Quote Reply

So full of shit.

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hector lemmy.today hector@lemmy.today
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#33 · Quote Reply

Deep respect for safety? When I was in the army they made us do all sorts of wild unsafe shit. And we were worth millions to them via our training. How safe do you think someone who they haven't spent money on will be? Also the department of war jingoism is fucking annoying. Can't wait until adults are back in charge of the military.

"Adults" in charge. Dumn corrupt piece of shit adults.

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Phoenixz lemmy.ca phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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The world is a dangerous place, so I'll be here to make sure it gets even more dangerous!

Fuck you Sam, burn in hell you Nazi wannabe

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EndlessNightmare reddthat.com EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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Deep respect for safety? When I was in the army they made us do all sorts of wild unsafe shit. And we were worth millions to them via our training. How safe do you think someone who they haven't spent money on will be? Also the department of war jingoism is fucking annoying. Can't wait until adults are back in charge of the military.

The message is clear: no lives matter (except for the rich)

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OpenHammer6677 lemmy.world OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world
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#36 · Quote Reply

Dude. It's SAFE War. The government promised?

Is that why they're nuclear bombs? Because they're so small and can't hurt anyone?

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kingofthezyx lemmy.zip kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip
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#37 · Quote Reply

Is that why they're nuclear bombs? Because they're so small and can't hurt anyone?

They're using nuCLEAR weapons because they're trying to be transparent. Otherwise they would be nuopaque weapons.

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trackball_fetish lemmy.wtf trackball_fetish@lemmy.wtf
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lechekaflan lemmy.world lechekaflan@lemmy.world
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#39 · Quote Reply

That insufferable scumfuck.

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IronBird lemmy.world IronBird@lemmy.world
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And this right here is how Sam Altman survives the AI bubble bursting. Now they're a part of critical national infrastructure.

lol, no. their cash burn is still completely unsustainable. Altman himself will be fine when music stops, but the whole endgame with these tech grifters is bagging the US taxpayer (which'll happen when banks start going underwater, and have foreclosed assets they have conveintent buyers already lined up

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grrgyle slrpnk.net grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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#41 · Quote Reply

Lol they even used their made up fantasy name 🥾👅

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𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 infosec.pub 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub
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"oh, you'll pay me? Even better!"

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