OpenAI Amends Pentagon Agreement to Prohibit Domestic Surveillance

After a weekend of criticism, OpenAI said that its deal to provide artificial intelligence technologies for the Defense Department’s classified systems now included additional protections to prevent its technology from being used in mass surveillance of Americans. OpenAI said the deal had been amended to say its AI systems “shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals” in line with relevant federal laws, which it named in the contract.