As part of the partnership, OpenAI will integrate its software into Enduril’s CounterDrone systems, which detect and take down drones. This is OpenAI’s first partnership with a defense contractor — and a significant reversal of its earlier stance toward the military. OpenAI’s terms of service once banned “military and warfare” use of the technology, but it softened its stance on military use earlier this year. Changing its Terms of Service In January to lift the ban.
“OpenAI builds AI to benefit as many people as possible, and supports US-led efforts to ensure that technology upholds democratic values,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in one. statement. “Our partnership with Enduril will help ensure that OpenAI technology protects US military personnel, and help the national security community understand and use this technology responsibly to keep our citizens safe and free.”
as The Wall Street Journal Of note, Enduril — currently worth $14 billion — has a $200 million counterdrone system contract with the Marine Corps. But OpenAI will not benefit financially from its Enduril partnership; It also stands to gain political influence. Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey was an early supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, and is also related to Elon Musk, one of the still-dependent (and still non-existent) chiefs. Department of Government Efficiency. And the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing think-tank working closely with Trump’s transition team, has proposed that Trump embraces AI to create a new “Manhattan Project” for defense.
