This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. It’s been just over two weeks since OpenAI reached a controversial agreement to allow the Pentagon to use its AI in classified environments. There are still pressing questions about what exactly OpenAI’s…
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Tech companies are increasingly warning their customers that they have been targeted by governments with advanced government spyware, such as NSO’s Pegasus or Paragon’s Graphite. What happens after receiving a threat notification?