‘Calculated Betrayal’: Snowden Slams OpenAI Over NSA Ties

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has sparked considerable backlash with its recent appointment of General Paul Nakasone, former head of the National Security Agency (NSA), as a board member.

The announcement, which comes amid a series of controversies questioning the company’s poor safety practices and after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati dismissed allegations of the company developing "creepy spyware," has drawn substantial pushback from prominent figures—including famed NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden.

"They've gone full mask-off: Do not ever trust OpenAI or its products (ChatGPT etc). There is only one reason for appointing an NSA director to your board,” he said. “This is a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on Earth. You have been warned."