OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended his decision to allow the Pentagon to use its tools for classified work, fielding questions from staff at an all-hands meeting Tuesday, reported The Wall Street Journal’s Berber Jin. Altman said that while he didn’t regret signing a deal with the Defense Department, he wished hadn’t announced the decision so quickly, telling staff that it looked “opportunistic” and “not united with the field,” according to The Journal, which notes that the remarks echoed a memo Altman shared with staff and on X Monday in which he said the deal “looked opportunistic and sloppy.”
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