Americans don't like OpenAI very much anymore, and you know why. Of course, AI systems it helped make have caused various problems already, like:

bots pushing politics on social media
maintainers of open source projects having their time wasted, and sometimes quitting
AI-generated scientific papers crowding out good research
scammers who clone the voice of a family member
AI-generated fake pictures fooling people on Facebook

And gamers haven't been huge fans of OpenAI since it bought up half the RAM wafer production - mostly just to keep it off the market so other people can't use it, since they only bought the raw wafers, not finished RAM.

But the popularity of OpenAI has fallen abruptly this week, because it decided to help the US military make automated weapons and mass surveillance systems that Anthropic refused to make on ethical grounds.

The leadership of OpenAI is trying to pretend that that they got the same deal Anthropic wanted but they were just nicer about it. They are lying. Anthropic wanted a human in the loop of autonomous weapons. OpenAI's contract just says that there must be human oversight to whatever extent is required by law. But of course, the [...]

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First published:
March 2nd, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/amLbdiP9sTutJQdHA/openai-employees-now-is-the-time-to-stop-doing-good-work

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“OpenAI employees: Now is the time to stop doing good work.” by bhauth

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