Sam Altman tweeted that OpenAI made an agreement with DoW to use OpenAI models, and that this agreement will prohibit use models for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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.
What’s going on? Is it more likely that DoW has different standards for Anthropic and OpenAI, or Sam is unfaithful?
“human responsibility for the use of force, including for autonomous weapon systems”
That doesn’t say prohibiting model use for autonomous weapons, it says human responsibility for autonomous weapons. With Sam Altman, always pay very close attention to what exactly he’s saying and how he’s saying it (often, not even that helps).
Pay particularly close attention to “reflects them in law and policy.” The DoW’s current talking point is that mass surveillance is illegal and they only want Claude to do everything allowed by law.
I read that line as saying OpenAI agreed with DoW’s standard and requested no special caveats. They’re relying on US law generally, which is what DoW wanted from Anthropic.
Oh, I see. So, as usually, reality is even worse than the worst interpretation of Altman’s words. (Edit: Then again, he said “we put them into our agreement,” but that could mean anything from simply meaning something else to being made up.)
Sam Altman tweeted that OpenAI made an agreement with DoW to use OpenAI models, and that this agreement will prohibit use models for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
What’s going on? Is it more likely that DoW has different standards for Anthropic and OpenAI, or Sam is unfaithful?
That doesn’t say prohibiting model use for autonomous weapons, it says human responsibility for autonomous weapons. With Sam Altman, always pay very close attention to what exactly he’s saying and how he’s saying it (often, not even that helps).
Pay particularly close attention to “reflects them in law and policy.” The DoW’s current talking point is that mass surveillance is illegal and they only want Claude to do everything allowed by law.
I read that line as saying OpenAI agreed with DoW’s standard and requested no special caveats. They’re relying on US law generally, which is what DoW wanted from Anthropic.
Oh, I see. So, as usually, reality is even worse than the worst interpretation of Altman’s words. (Edit: Then again, he said “we put them into our agreement,” but that could mean anything from simply meaning something else to being made up.)
Update: Altman lied (or said some kind of a technical truth that made everyone misunderstand him) - it’s just “all lawful use.”