Caitlin Kalinowski (케이틀린 칼리노프스키), OpenAI’s head of robotics, announced her resignation in protest of the company’s contract with the U.S. Defense Department, Business Insider reported on Friday.
Kalinowski joined OpenAI in 2024 after working at Meta, and stressed that the decision was “a matter of principle.”
“AI plays an important role in national security, but surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human approval needed sufficient discussion,” she said. Kalinowski said she continued to respect OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, but added that the Defense Department contract was overly hasty.
OpenAI recently signed a contract to provide AI technology to the Defense Department. It came as rival Anthropic refused a contract over concerns about mass surveillance and autonomous weaponisation.
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