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AI Declares War: Pentagon Dates OpenAI While Agents Play God

We figured AI for chatty helpers and job stealers. Nope—it's arming drones, sparking riots, and bossing around humans while dreaming up bot faiths.

Collage of Pentagon building, protesting crowds, and whimsical AI agent bots

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Pentagon pivots to OpenAI after Anthropic ethics clash, fueling AI war tech.
  • AI agents go viral: hiring humans, inventing religions like Crustafarianism.
  • Protests surge with QuitGPT campaign amid broader anti-AI backlash.

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Sarah Chen
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Sarah Chen

AI research editor covering LLMs, benchmarks, and the race between frontier labs. Previously at MIT CSAIL.

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Originally reported by MIT Technology Review - AI

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