The company's recent dealings are well aligned with the Pentagon on a series of projects that entail the design of cybersecurity tools. It’s shocking because the startup had mentioned in the past how it would ban giving militaries any AI. But this is definitely a major u-turn of events that’s not going unnoticed.
The top-of-the-line AI firm is said to have recently developed a host of tools with the Defense Department's oversight. This includes open-source cybersecurity software. But that's not all as it also carried out plenty of discussions with the American Government on this front including techniques to help limit suicidal rates amongst veterans. The news was recently confirmed by the firm’s VP for global affairs.
He mentioned all of that at this year’s World Economic Forum and how the company was gearing up for more big plans in this domain.
OpenAI just recently got rid of specific clauses found in its previous terms of service that banned AI from making use of military and warfare apps. The decision was slammed as a bigger update of the policies in store to align with the firm’s more innovative uses and a host of other tools.
They justified the act by adding how there used to be a prohibition on considering military working relationships but that is not true. They are not getting rid of use cases but in fact, helping other leading sources of the government carry out their essential tasks more effectively. But when it comes down to making use of their modern technology for the sake of spreading harm and destruction, the ban in that regard would continue to remain.
One of the organization’s biggest investors is Microsoft who is said to be giving plenty of software contracts to American armed forces and a host of leading government institutions.
The film is also said to be picking up the pace in terms of the upcoming US elections and the security that will be needed on this front. This means allocating all necessary sources to make sure Generative AI tools are not used for spreading political disinformation.
As mentioned by the firm’s CEO, the elections are something major and cannot be overlooked. And it wouldn’t be wrong to mention that he and his company have a lot of anxiety about it which is a good thing as it would keep them on the tip of their toes at all times.
Just last week, shocking reports of the company working closely with the US military to design warfare had people in doubt and worry. It’s really a major shift in terms of what many had read in its initial terms of service and to see OpenAI suddenly make major amendments to that is beyond concerning.
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by Dr. Hura Anwar via Digital Information World
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