"I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn't an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got."
"Anthropic refused to let its product be used for domestic mass surveillance and autonomous weapons systems without proper oversight. After Anthropic refused a deal with the Pentagon, the Pentagon declared the company a "supply chain risk" and threatened to punish the company."
"They're trying to divide each company with fear that the other will give in. We hope our leaders will put aside their differences and stand together to continue to refuse the Department of War's current demands for permission to use our models for domestic mass surveillance and autonomously killing people without human authorization."
Caitlin Kalinowski, an OpenAI hardware manager in robotics, resigned citing ethical principles following OpenAI's Pentagon agreement announced in late February. Kalinowski objected to provisions enabling domestic surveillance without judicial oversight and lethal autonomous systems without human authorization. Anthropic previously rejected a comparable Pentagon deal, refusing to allow its AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons without proper oversight. The Pentagon subsequently labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk and threatened consequences, which Anthropic's CEO pledged to contest legally. Following Anthropic's refusal, Claude rose to number one on Apple's App Store. Nearly 1,000 employees from OpenAI and Google signed a petition titled "We Will Not Be Divided," urging AI leaders to collectively resist Pentagon demands for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing capabilities.
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