Anthropic CEOがOpenAIの軍事契約に関するメッセージングを『完全な嘘』と批判、報道
AnthropicのCEO Dario Amodeiは、OpenAIが軍との契約に関するメッセージングについて「完全な嘘」と非難し、AnthropicはAI安全性の懸念から国防総省との契約を放棄した後、OpenAIがその契約を獲得したと報じられている。
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Anthropic CEOによるOpenAIへの強い非難
AnthropicのCEO Dario Amodeiが、OpenAIの軍との取引に関するメッセージングを「完全な嘘」と非難したと報じられている。
Anthropicの国防総省契約放棄
AnthropicはAI安全性に関する意見の相違を理由に、国防総省との契約を放棄した。
OpenAIによる契約獲得
Anthropicが契約を放棄した後、OpenAIがその国防総省との契約を獲得した。
AI企業間の倫理的姿勢の対立
AI安全性と軍事応用を巡り、主要AI企業間で倫理的姿勢に明確な違いが生じていることを示している。
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この記事は、AI業界における倫理的ガバナンスの分裂を浮き彫りにしており、同じ技術を開発する企業間でも軍事利用への姿勢に大きな隔たりがあることを示している。これは今後の規制議論や企業間の協力関係に影響を与える可能性がある。
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AI安全性を巡る企業間の倫理的対立が表面化した事例。業界の分断が深まる可能性を示唆する重要なニュース。
AnthropicはAI安全性に関する意見の相違から国防総省との契約を断念した――その後、OpenAIがその隙間に入り込んだ。
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Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei is not happy — perhaps predictably so — with OpenAI chief Sam Altman. In a memo to staff, reported by The Information, Amodei referred to OpenAI’s dealings with the Department of Defense as “safety theater.”
“The main reason [OpenAI] accepted [the DoD’s deal] and we did not is that they cared about placating employees, and we actually cared about preventing abuses,” Amodei wrote.
Last week, Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) failed to come to an agreement over the military’s request for unrestricted access to the AI company’s technology. Anthropic, which already had a $200 million contract with the military, insisted the DoD affirm that it would not use the company’s AI to enable domestic mass surveillance or autonomous weaponry.
Instead, the DoD — known under the Trump administration as the Department of War — struck a deal with OpenAI. Altman stated that his company’s new defense contract would include protections against the same red lines that Anthropic had asserted.
In a letter to staff, Amodei refers to OpenAI’s messaging as “straight up lies,” stating that Altman is falsely “presenting himself as a peacemaker and dealmaker.”
Amodei might not be speaking solely from a position of bitterness, here. Anthropic specifically took issue with the DoD’s insistence on the company’s AI being available for “any lawful use.” OpenAI said in a blog post that its contract allows use of its AI systems for “all lawful purposes.”
“It was clear in our interaction that the DoW considers mass domestic surveillance illegal and was not planning to use it for this purpose,” OpenAI’s blog post stated. “We ensured that the fact that it is not covered under lawful use was made explicit in our contract.”
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Critics have pointed out that the law is subject to change, and what is considered illegal now might end up being allowed in the future.
And the public seems to be siding with Anthropic. ChatGPT uninstalls jumped 295% after OpenAI made its deal with the DoD.
“I think this attempted spin/gaslighting is not working very well on the general public or the media, where people mostly see OpenAI’s deal with the DoW as sketchy or suspicious, and see us as the heroes (we’re #2 in the App Store now!),” Amodei wrote to his staff. “It is working on some Twitter morons, which doesn’t matter, but my main worry is how to make sure it doesn’t work on OpenAI employees.”
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