Gary Marcus: OpenAI is becoming a surveillance company
mdp2021 · hn · 2026-08-21
Gary Marcus critiques OpenAI's trajectory in his Substack newsletter, arguing that the company is evolving into a surveillance firm. He points to partnerships with government entities like the Pentagon and policy shifts as evidence that OpenAI is deprioritizing safety alignment in favor of surveillance capabilities.
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