OpenAI's Human Rights Lead: What the military could do with AI 'keeps me up at night'
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Sarah Yager became OpenAI’s first human rights and responsible deployment lead with a focus on military AI, and said her main worry is how militaries will use AI for targeting and autonomous weapons in armed conflict. She joined OpenAI shortly after the company signed a Department of War contract in late February to deploy advanced AI in classified environments. Her appointment is driving model improvements aligned with laws of war from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and pushing for human-rights baseline guardrails plus more oversight and broader input on AI decision-making.