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OpenAI Steps Over a Red Line Anthropic Refused to Cross
OpenAI’s Sam Altman believes the Pentagon.
Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg
After announcing a sudden and surprising deal with the Pentagon, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman moved quickly this weekend to show he had won meaningful concessions from military leaders.
He hadn’t. Whether through naivete or disregard, Altman has quickly leaped over the ethical and practical red lines that his company’s rival, Anthropic, wasn’t prepared to cross.