OpenAI is one of the tech companies we talked about the most this past year. GPT-4, the large language model (LLM) he developed and the artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot that is available to everyone. ChatGPT OpenAI, which managed to shake the technology world with its success, has achieved great success, but also “Artificial intelligence Will this mean the end of humanity?He barged into the discussions with a fuel tanker.

Moreover, the biggest controversies surrounding OpenAI may be yet to come. Because OpenAI updated its usage policy saying: “Unauthorized use of our models” section of the page. In the mentioned section, OpenAI products It was declared that its use for military and war purposes was prohibited. However, such a warning no longer exists.

The warnings on OpenAI’s old usage policy page were as follows:

In the release notes section of OpenAI’s new “Usage Policy” page, effective January 10, “We’ve updated our usage policy to be clearer and provide more service-specific guidance.“. However, indicating the purposes for which artificial intelligence cannot be used,”unauthorized useRemoving the ” part raised a big question mark.

If we look at the old OpenAI products usage policy page;

• weapon development
• army and war
• Management or operation of critical infrastructures in the fields of energy, transport and water
• Content that promotes, encourages or depicts acts of self-harm, such as suicide, self-circumcision and eating disorders

It was clearly stated that its use was prohibited for activities that pose a high risk of physical harm, such as As for a “clearer” new usage policy There are no warnings regarding military and combat use. Warnings continue to be issued about the development of weapons, infrastructure services and suicide.

OpenAI’s new usage policy page is as follows:

There is nothing more normal than OpenAI changing its usage policies as it develops new products. For example, the recently launched GPT Store allows developers to do just that GPT-4 It will contain their own applications that they are developed with and it is normal for their usage policies to be updated to make room for more types of applications.

However, the fact that OpenAI continues to update and maintain virtually all warnings in its old usage policy and has removed the warnings in the military domain does not mean that the company fully permits the use of GPT-4 in the military field, but it can be interpreted as not ban.