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Soon, the tech behind ChatGPT may help drone operators decide which enemies to kill

OpenAI and Palmer Luckey’s weapons company sign agreement to explore lethal drone defense for military use.

Different companies have answered this question in different ways, but for ChatGPT maker OpenAI, what started as a hard line against weapons development and military applications has slipped away over time. For now, OpenAI's models may help operators make sense of large amounts of incoming data to support faster human decision-making in high-pressure situations. Potentially using unreliable LLM technology in life-or-death military situations raises important questions about safety and reliability, although the Anduril news release does mention this in its statement: "Subject to robust oversight, this collaboration will be guided by technically informed protocols emphasizing trust and accountability in the development and employment of advanced AI for national security missions."

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