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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by 6t6t6t6 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @12:56AM (#39023793)
Those deals are not made in one week. Maybe this agreement with the Pentagon has something to do with the drama of a couple of months ago.
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by kridsdale1 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @01:54AM (#39024173)
That sounds very likely. The ideological purists of the old board would have acted exactly as they did if they learned about this deal at that time.
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Re:OpenAI drops ban on military tools to partner with The Pe... by ykonstant on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @03:51AM (#39025101)
Would also explain why they were silent afterwards and took the loss sitting down; NSLs are scary stuff (what a democracy! --sorry, republic).
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