Its all happening so fast isn't it. It wasn't that long ago when this technology was just a play thing; now, everything we do has such an existensial weight. I think I knew it going in but it didn't really hit me until now.
The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.
Just in time to profit from the war with Iran.
Previously: Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation
We banned accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT to generate content focused on multiple topics, including the U.S. presidential campaign. We have seen no indication that this content reached a meaningful audience.
Its all happening so fast isn't it. It wasn't that long ago when this technology was just a play thing; now, everything we do has such an existensial weight. I think I knew it going in but it didn't really hit me until now.
Ive been writing about this on my personal blog. IDK if its worth reading, but at least its not too long?
https://open.substack.com/pub/ctsmyth/p/on-the-character-of-...
https://open.substack.com/pub/ctsmyth/p/the-weight-of-what-w...
Its written from the perspective of an outsider. Ethics is not the issue here...
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47189650
The deal came hours after President Trump had ordered federal agencies to stop using artificial intelligence technology made by Anthropic, an OpenAI rival.
Just in time to profit from the war with Iran.
Previously: Disrupting a covert Iranian influence operation We banned accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation using ChatGPT to generate content focused on multiple topics, including the U.S. presidential campaign. We have seen no indication that this content reached a meaningful audience.
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-a-covert-iranian-influen...
Various videos on Twitter show Iranian highschoolers celebrating the attack.
Faezeh Alavi @SFaeze_Alavi
"You have no idea how happy the people of Iran are right now."
https://x.com/SFaeze_Alavi/status/2027634840137613400?s=20