OpenAI got ‘sloppy’ about the wrong thing

You’d think OpenAI would take care when crafting a deal with the Pentagon, one that would see its AI models used in life-and-death scenarios such as those we’re seeing unfold in Iran right now.

But as we’ve learned, the initial agreement that OpenAI struck with the Defense Department on Friday night was a rush job. Even CEO Sam Altman agrees.

“We shouldn’t have rushed to get this out on Friday,” Altman wrote on X late Monday, as he detailed recent changes to the contract that...