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‘Stop working with Pentagon’ – OpenAI staff face protests


OpenAI staff faced a protest with two groups calling on the workers to halt their work on military AI and AGI

Dozens gathered at the OpenAI premises on Bryant Street in San Francisco in the aftermath of the company amending its usage policy to omit details of using AI for military purposes reports Venture Beat. Kirchener was blunt in his warning of where all this would lead if the advances of technology were left unchecked, calling for human dynamics to be prioritized. As reflected in their names, Pause AI appears more concerned with the safe development of new tech whilst No AGI wants it to be stopped altogether.

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