The writer is programme director of the Institute for Global Affairs at Eurasia Group
When OpenAI and Mattel announced a partnership earlier this month, there was an implicit recognition of the risks. The first toys powered with artificial intelligence would not be for children under 13.
Another partnership last week came with seemingly fewer caveats. OpenAI separately revealed that it had won its first Pentagon contract. It would pilot a $200mn programme to “develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to address critical national security challenges in both warfighting and enterprise domains,” according to the US Department of Defense.