OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon

Sam Altman admitting the optics "don't look good"—that's not transparency, that's damage control. OpenAI rushed a Pentagon deal and now they're stuck defending it while their PR team cleans up.

The real issue: if you position yourself as the responsible AI company, you can't then be the company taking defense contracts nobody asked you to take. You picked a lane. This violates it. Either own it or don't—but don't apologize for doing it.