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    OpenAI Robotics-Chef tritt nach Deal mit Pentagon zurück


    OpenAI Robotics-Chef tritt nach Deal mit Pentagon zurück

    https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-robotics-head-resigns-after-deal-with-pentagon-2026-03-07/

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    2. alternatingflan on

      Nobody leaves a sweet catbird seat like that, in booming AI times like this, unless there’s something really rotten happening.

    3. hikeonpast on

      In a world of unscrupulous people, it’s nice to hear about the rare few that stand up for what they believe in.

    4. AppropriatePay7443 on

      Good for her. Stand up! Be heard. Don’t let the Oligarchs in the world run it. Stand up.

    6. PalpitationFrosty242 on

      This is part of why OAI won’t „win“ the „AI war“ (which is total bs anyway) — the real talent with morals/ethics and who actually have a higher calling and devoted their lives to this shit, beyond simple commercialization, will leave. Those talented people will be sucked up by other players like Anthropic, etc.

      Gonna be a brain-drain.

    9. TheorySudden5996 on

      Her resignation announcement came across my feed on LinkedIn, here’s what she wrote:

      I resigned from OpenAI. 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. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    10. RichardDr on

      at this point openai has had so many high-profile departures that it’s basically a revolving door with a mission statement attached. the pattern is always the same — someone with actual principles joins because they believe in the original mission, watches it get hollowed out for profit, and eventually hits their personal red line.

      what’s interesting is the timing. this isn’t just „we’re working with the military“ which every big tech company does to some degree. it’s specifically the robotics head leaving after a pentagon deal. robotics + military is a very different conversation than cloud services + military. one involves search algorithms and data processing. the other involves things that physically move around in the real world.

      also can we talk about how openai went from „we exist to ensure AI benefits all of humanity“ to pentagon contracts in like… 3 years? the nonprofit-to-for-profit pivot wasn’t just an org chart change — it was the mission statement being quietly escorted out the back door.

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