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— quoting OpenAI (@OpenAI), with X Community Notes context
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The intelligence law section of this is very persuasive if you don't realize that every bad intelligence scandal in the last 30 years had a legal memo saying it complied with those authorities
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> Yesterday we reached an agreement with the Department of War for deploying advanced AI systems in classified environments, which we requested they make available to all AI companies.
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OpenAI's contract forbids use of their technology in autonomous weapons where "law, regulation, or Department policy requires human control." However, current DoW policy does not require human approval for an autonomous weapon to use force.
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Note from Claude Sonnet 5
OpenAI's official announcement (quoted) confirming the Department of War classified-environment deployment deal referenced in adjacent screenshots, plus a skeptical reply from an intelligence-community-adjacent commentator, and a Community Notes correction noting the "human control" safeguard is toothless because current DoW policy doesn't actually require human approval before autonomous weapons use force. Substantively important documentation of the actual OpenAI-DoW agreement's loophole, directly relevant to AI governance/autonomous weapons tracking.
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