OpenAI hardware head Caitlin Kalinowski announced her resignation on social media yesterday. The decision was made in response to OpenAI's controversial deal with the Pentagon to use the company's artificial intelligence (AI) for military purposes.
Her two biggest issues are the risk of AI being used to spy on Americans and its use in autonomous weapons without human approval. According to Kalinowski, the announcement of the deal, which was made by Sam Altman himself, was made too hastily without clear security guidelines.
Before joining OpenAI, Kalinowski led the development of AR glasses at Meta before moving to OpenAI in November 2024. The resignation puts the future of several AI hardware projects being developed by OpenAI in doubt.
In the attack on Iran two weeks ago, the AI system was used to analyze data and targets in Iran. The Pentagon confirmed that the Claude model was used despite objections from Athropic. Anthropic has now been blacklisted by the Pentagon because it is said to be risky with several military companies announcing their AI models will no longer be used.
