OpenAI Hardware Director Caitlin Kalinowski(Caitlin Kalinowski) has resigned from her leadership of the robotics team, citing concerns over the company's recent agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense. Kalinowski stated that the announcement of the agreement was too hasty, lacked clear safeguards, and emphasized her opposition to domestic surveillance and lethal autonomous weapons. OpenAI confirmed her departure and argued that the agreement paves a "viable path" for the responsible use of artificial intelligence in national security, while maintaining its established bottom line. Previously, negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon broke down over similar safeguard issues, leading OpenAI to subsequently announce this agreement.