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Caitlin Kalinowski, who \u2060oversaw hardware at OpenAI<\/a>, announced her resignation on Saturday, citing concerns about \u200bthe company’s agreement<\/a> \u200bwith the Department \u200bof Defense.<\/p>\n In a social media post<\/a> on X, Kalinowski wrote that OpenAI did not take enough time before agreeing \u2060to \u200cdeploy its AI models on the Pentagon’s \u2060classified cloud networks.<\/p>\n “AI has an important role in national security,” Kalinowski posted. “But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without \u200chuman authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got.”<\/p>\n Reuters could not immediately reach Kalinowski \u200bfor comment, but she wrote on X that while she has “deep respect” for OpenAI CEO Sam Altman<\/a> and the team, the company announced the \u2060Pentagon deal “without the guardrails defined,” she posted.<\/p>\n “It’s a governance concern \u200cfirst and foremost,” Kalinowski wrote in a \u200csubsequent X post. “These are too important for deals or announcements to be rushed.” <\/p>\n OpenAI said the day after the deal was \u2060struck that it includes additional safeguards to protect its \u2060use cases. The company on Saturday reiterated that \u2060its “red lines” preclude use of its technology in domestic surveillance or autonomous weapons.<\/p>\n “We recognize that \u200bpeople have strong views \u200cabout these issues and we will continue to engage in discussion with employees, government, civil society and communities around the world,” the company said in a statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n Kalinowski joined OpenAI \u200bin 2024 after leading augmented reality \u200chardware development at Meta Platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n