Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Corynne McSherry & Matthew Guariglia
“After protests from both users and employees who did not sign up to support government mass surveillance — early reports show that ChaptGPT uninstalls rose nearly 300% after the company announced the deal — Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, conceded that the initial agreement was ‘opportunistic and sloppy.’ He then re-published an internal memo on social media stating that additions to the agreement made clear that ‘Consistent with applicable laws, including the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, National Security Act of 1947, [and] FISA Act of 1978, the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals.’ Trouble is, the U.S. government doesn’t believe ‘consistent with applicable laws’ means ‘no domestic surveillance.'” (03/06/26)