OpenAI senior executive resigns over Pentagon dealAFP, LOS ANGELESOpenAI’s top robotics executive on Saturday said she had resigned over the artificial intelligence (AI) giant’s deal with the US government to allow its technology’s deployment for war and domestic surveillance. The company behind ChatGPT secured a defense contract with the Pentagon last month, hours after rival Anthropic refused to agree to unconditional military use of their technology. Signs depicting robots armed with guns and the OpenAi logo are planted into the ground on the National Mall in an act of protest in Washington on Friday. “To be clear, my issue is that the announcement was rushed without the guardrails defined,” she wrote. These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.”Anthropic’s refusal to authorize use of its Claude AI models had prompted backlash from US officials.

Source: Taipei Times March 08, 2026 16:19 UTC