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OpenAI changes policy to allow military applications

In an unannounced update to its usage policy, OpenAI has opened the door to military applications of its technologies. While the policy previously

In fact, the company’s recent announcement that its user-customizable GPTs would be rolling out publicly alongside a vaguely articulated monetization policy likely necessitated some changes. But the policy writers at OpenAI clearly think otherwise, and if this gives more latitude for them to interpret favorably or disfavorably a practice hitherto outright disallowed, that is simply a pleasant side effect. Not everything the Defense Department does is strictly warfare-related; as any academic, engineer, or politician knows, the military establishment is deeply involved in all kinds of basic research, investment, small business funds, and infrastructure support.

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