"OpenAI's new deal with the Pentagon will let the military use the company's AI tools for classified work. The abrupt announcement last week came after rival company Anthropic refused to allow the government to use its product on surveillance of Americans or autonomous weapons. OpenAI's willingness to work with the Trump administration prompted a wave of backlash for the company, including a push by the group QuitGPT to encourage boycotts of its signature ChatGPT app."
"The group waved signs, listened to speakers and yelled chants up at OpenAI's huge Mission Bay office - "Fire Sam Altman," "Quit your jobs" and "No AI surveillance state" were common refrains. Workers looked down from the offices above, occasionally filming as the sidewalk filled with chalk messages."
"Anthropic's Claude app overtook ChatGPT for the first time on Saturday in the Apple App Store as the company saw daily sign-ups break records every day of the week, according to TechCrunch."
More than two dozen protesters, including students, teachers, and former San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston, demonstrated outside OpenAI's Mission Bay office against the company's new partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense. The deal permits the military to use OpenAI's AI tools for classified operations, contrasting with competitor Anthropic's refusal to allow government surveillance or autonomous weapons applications. The protest, organized by QuitGPT, featured signs and chants demanding Sam Altman's removal and opposing AI surveillance states and killer robots. The controversy has damaged OpenAI's market position, with Anthropic's Claude app surpassing ChatGPT on the Apple App Store for the first time, while some protesters acknowledge AI's potential benefits but express concerns about weaponization.
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