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Altman Faces Senate 'Serious Questions' — Congress Drafting DOD AI Legislation
Sam Altman met with bipartisan senators in Washington where Sen. Mark Kelly raised 'serious questions' about OpenAI's Pentagon deal, specifically probing how AI systems could be used in kill chains and domestic surveillance. Altman acknowledged the deal 'looked opportunistic and sloppy' while asserting that the government must retain authority over strategic AI decisions. Kelly is now co-drafting legislation to establish formal guardrails for DOD contracts with AI organizations—the first concrete legislative response to the Anthropic/OpenAI defense ethics feud.
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