A sudden decision by the boss at OpenAI after the agreement with the Pentagon. She revealed her concerns

Ashley Davis08/03/2026

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In a social media post, Caitlin Kalinowski wrote that OpenAI did not wait long enough, in her opinion, to deploy its artificial intelligence models in the Department of Defense's secret cloud networks. “Artificial intelligence plays an important role in national security,” Kalinowski wrote. “But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are issues that deserved more attention than they received,” she stressed.

According to Reuters, Caitlin Kalinowski, who supervises the robotics and consumer equipment department at OpenAI, cited concerns about the ChatGPT owner's contract with the US Department of Defense as the reason for her decision. The agency failed to contact the former head of the department.

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According to Caitlin Kalinowski, the company announced an agreement with the Pentagon “without specific safeguards.” “This is primarily a matter of management,” she wrote in another post on X. “These are too important matters to hastily conclude agreements or announce them.”