BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  OpenAI signs US Military deal
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Sun, 1 Mar 2026 11:01:38 -0500
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'No ethics at all': the 'cancel ChatGPT' trend is growing after OpenAI signs a
deal with the US military

By David Nield published 1 hour ago

AI meets principles

    OpenAI has signed a deal with the US Department of War
    A significant number of ChatGPT users are quitting the app as a result
    Anthropic had previously raised security and safety concerns

After Claude developer Anthropic walked away from a deal with the US Department
of War over safety and security concerns, OpenAI has decided to sign an
agreement with the military - and ChatGPT users are far from happy about it.

As reported by Windows Central, a growing number of people are canceling their
ChatGPT subscriptions and switching to other AI chatbots instead, including
Claude. A quick browse of social media or Reddit is enough to see that there's
a growing backlash to the move.

Some Redditors are posting guides to extracting yourself and your data from
ChatGPT, while others are accusing OpenAI of having "no ethics at all" and
"selling their soul" by agreeing to allow their AI models to be used by the US
military complex.

Meanwhile, tech investor Aidan Gold took to X to point out that OpenAI had
backed Anthropic's safety stance right before signing a deal with the DoW. The
US government has also announced its intention to now remove Claude from all
its departments.

Murky AI ethics

The ethics of AI have long been murky: most of the popular chatbots of today
have been trained on mountains of stolen, copyrighted work, bring with them the
threat of triggering mass redundancies, and use up vast amounts of energy.

However, earlier this week Anthropic did draw a line when it came to allowing
its AI tech to be used for "mass surveillance" and "fully autonomous weapons".
Anthropic wanted safeguards in place in these areas, and the DoW wasn't
prepared to agree to them.

Enter OpenAI: the company says its deal with the US military "has more
guardrails" than the one Anthropic rejected, including around mass surveillance
and fully autonomous weapons, with "red lines" that OpenAI plans to enforce
going forward.

However, ChatGPT users aren't convinced - especially when it comes to the
"all lawful purposes" language used in the deal. This is a debate that's going
to run and run, but in the meantime, Claude has hit top spot in the Apple App
Store.


https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/chatgpt/no-ethics-at-all-the-
cancel-chatgpt-trend-is-growing-after-openai-signs-a-deal-with-the-us-military

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