NEW YORK, March 7, 2026 (EFE).— The director of the Robotics division of OpenAI, Caitlin Kalinowskiannounced today Saturday his resignation from the company artificial intelligence (AI)due to deep ethical concerns about the recent collaboration agreement signed between the technology company and the Pentagon.
Resigns from OpenAI and warns about the military use of AI
Kalinowski justified his resignation through a message on social network X, where he warned that AI deployment in US defense apparatus lacks safeguards necessary.
“LSurveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization “These are lines that deserved more deliberation than they received,” he stated. the engineerwho indicated that he made this decision as a matter of “principles, not of person.”
I resigned from OpenAI. I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are…
— Caitlin Kalinowski (@kalinowski007) March 7, 2026
3. The former AR lead for Meta’s smart glasses, including the Orion project, ‘Caitlin Kalinowski’ has joined OpenAI to spearhead its robotics and consumer hardware efforts. pic.twitter.com/Nd9cxkOPuk
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) November 10, 2024
The resignation occurs after the signing, last week, of a contract why the technology of OpenAI will be integrated into the defense system and war machinery of USA.
This movement of US War Department It happened after a stalemate in negotiations with Anthropicanother popular firm in the IA formed by examples of OpenAI.
Breakup with Anthropic and war in Iran
After breaking ties with Anthropicthe White House started the war against Iran in collaboration with Israelin which they would have used OpenAI tools.
The pulse between Anthropic and the Pentagonwhich ended on Friday, February 27, with a veto of the company’s hiring at the federal level, focused on the conditions that the AI firm set to limit the use of its technology and receive guarantees that it will not be used to spy on Americans or for the use of completely autonomous weapons.
They accuse OpenAI of “security theater”
This week, the executive director of Anthropic, Dario Amodeidenounced the agreement OpenAI with the Pentagoncalling the rival company’s justification “security theater” and its “lie” marketing strategy, as reported by specialized media after accessing an internal circular.
In a lengthy memo of about 1,600 words sent to his employees, Amodei accused OpenAI to misrepresent the purpose of the military contract.
According to the manager, the security measures proclaimed by the company Sam Altman “mostly don’t work” and accused his competitor of falsely presenting himself as a “peacemaker.”
The leak of the message occurred shortly after the government of Trump would declare to Anthropic as a “national security supply chain risk.”
This label requires Pentagon contractors to certify that they do not use the artificial intelligence (AI) from Anthropic.
Excluded for not donating money to Trump
“The real reasons (the War Department) and the Trump administration don’t want us is because we haven’t donated to Trump.”stated the executive director in the text, alluding to the 25 million dollars what OpenAI President Greg Brockmanwould have contributed to a Republican political action committee (super PAC).
Anthropic described the competition’s statements as “blatant lies” and assured that the objective of OpenAI is to appease internal and external critics rather than preventing risky uses of information. IA in military environments.
Likewise, he criticized that OpenAI CEO Sam Altmanhas offered “dictator-style praise” a Trump to facilitate trade agreements.
Amodei He concluded his message, according to the specialized media, by ensuring that, despite official pressure, Anthropic maintains its “red lines with integrity” and that public perception favors them, placing them as “heroes” in the face of an agreement that the public sees as “suspicious.”
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