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00:02OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his decision to allow the Defense Department to use the
00:07company's tools for classified work during a Tuesday all-hands meeting, according to the
00:12Wall Street Journal. OpenAI announced the deal on Friday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseff
00:17designated Anthropik a supply chain risk. Following backlash over potential mass surveillance,
00:22OpenAI revised the agreement to explicitly ban domestic surveillance.
00:26Altman said he did not regret signing the deal, but admitted announcing it quickly made it appear
00:31opportunistic and sloppy. Employees and AI researchers criticized the agreement and pressed
00:37for clearer limits on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Altman said the government
00:42offered OpenAI influence over deployment decisions and that the company is exploring
00:47a contract to deploy on NATO-classified networks. For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.
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