OpenAI's robotics head quits after company's Pentagon deal: 'This was about principle'

OpenAI's head of robotics, Caitlin Kalinowski, announced she was resigning from the company.

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• Caitlin Kalinowski said she had resigned from OpenAI on Saturday.
• In an X post, she said criticized OpenAI's deal with the Pentagon.
• The deal raised concerns over the use of AI surveillance and lethal autonomous systems.

Caitlin Kalinowski, a hardware executive who joined OpenAI from Meta in 2024 and leads its robotics division, said she is resigning from the company.