Sam Altman claims his technology will not be used by US military for ‘domestic mass surveillance’ or ‘autonomous weapons’. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said his company has reached a deal with the United States Department of Defense after its previous contractor Anthropic voiced ethical concerns about the military’s use of its artificial intelligence (AI) technology. In a statement shared on X late on Friday, Altman said OpenAI made the deal after the Defense Department demonstrated its “deep respect for safety”. Altman said the Pentagon agreed with his company’s principles that OpenAI’s technology would not be used for “domestic mass surveillance” or for “autonomous weapon systems”, affirming that humans would take “responsibility for the use of force”. “We remain committed to serve all of h...