War

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Tuesday they don't get to make "operational decisions" about how the military uses their AI technology: "Maybe you think the Iran strike was good and the Venezuela invasion was bad," Altman said in an all-hands meeting. "You don't get to weigh in on that." Continue Reading →

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ted W. Lieu (CA-36), Don Beyer (VA-08), and Ken Buck (CO-04) introduced the bipartisan and bicameral Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Act legislation to safeguard the nuclear command and control process from any future change in policy that allows AI to make nuclear launch decisions. Continue Reading →

Boston Dynamics and a half-dozen other manufacturers have signed an open letter pledging not to build war robots or weaponize their platforms. Agility Robotics, ANYbotics, Clearpath Robotics, Open Robotics, and Unitree Robotics all joined Boston Dynamics in the agreement. Continue Reading →