ChatGPT maker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: Won’t rule out helping Pentagon and the reason is ‘weird world’

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman indicated a potential openness to assisting the Pentagon in developing new weapons platforms, signaling a further shift in the artificial intelligence industry’s perspective on collaborating with the defense sector. Speaking Thursday at the Vanderbilt Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats, Altman said, “I will never say never, because the world could get really weird,” acknowledging the possibility of unforeseen global circumstances.

However, Altman tempered his remarks by saying he did not anticipate working on such a platform “in the foreseeable future,” unless faced with dire alternatives.