At the Oscars, Art Rebukes Commerce: Playwright Confronts Altman Over Pentagon AI Deal
Playwright Jeremy O Harris publicly confronted Sam Altman at an Oscars party over OpenAI's classified military AI contract with the Pentagon. The incident lands amid a broader governance battle: Anthropic is suing the US government over its designation as a 'national security risk' for refusing unrestricted military AI use, while Altman's deal succeeded through what critics call 'safety theatre' compliance.