OpenAIThe creator and foremost of ChatGPT artificial intelligence Companies of the world said today that they have partnered with it AndurilA defense startup that makes missiles, drones and software for the United States military. It is the latest in a series of similar announcements made recently by major Silicon Valley tech companies, which have warmed to closer ties with the defense industry.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement Wednesday, “OpenAI builds AI to benefit more people, and supports U.S.-led efforts to ensure that Ensures that technology upholds democratic values.
OpenAI’s AI models will be used to improve systems used for air defense, Enduril co-founder and CEO Brian Schimpf said in the statement. “Together, we are committed to developing responsible solutions that enable military and intelligence operators to make faster, more accurate decisions in high pressure situations,” he said.
OpenAI’s technology will be used to “assess drone threats more quickly and accurately, giving operators the information they need to make better decisions while staying out of harm’s way,” said a former OpenAI employee. , who left the company earlier this year and spoke on the situation. of anonymity to protect their professional relationships.
OpenAI changed its policy on the use of its AI for military applications earlier this year. A source working at the company at the time says some staff were unhappy with the change, but there was no open protest. US Army already uses According to reporting by The Intercept, some OpenAI technology.
Anduril is developing an advanced air defense system featuring a fleet of small, autonomous aircraft that work together on missions. These aircraft are controlled through an interface powered by a large language model, which interprets natural language commands and translates them into instructions that both human pilots and drones can understand and execute. Until now, Anduril has been using open source language models for testing purposes.
Enduril is not currently known to use advanced AI to control its autonomous systems or allow them to make their own decisions. Such a move would be more risky, especially given the uncertainty of today’s models.
A few years ago, many in Silicon Valley were strongly opposed to working with AI researchers military. In 2018, Thousands of Google employees protested At the company that supplied AI to the US Department of Defense, then known as Project Maven within the Pentagon. Google later retreated of the project.
