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US military must scale up AI use in psyops to reach par with Russia and China, study finds
U.S. troops need more artificial intelligence support to challenge Russia and China on the information battlefield, where ...
Four AI Powerhouses Land $200M Pentagon Contracts to ‘Support US Warfighters’
The Pentagon awards $200 million contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI to develop AI systems for US defense and ...
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Pentagon taps four commercial tech firms to expand military use of AI
Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI — will help the DOD develop AI workflows for key national security missions.
The Pentagon is throwing $200 million at ‘Grok for Government’ and other AI companies
The Pentagon is set to spend nearly a billion dollars for AI with four major Silicon Valley tech firms, Google, xAI, OpenAI ...
The US Air Force let AI help operators find targets to speed up kill chain decisions
Observers noted differences between AI-generated recommendations and those made solely by operators.
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The Pentagon Signs Up for Grok, Days After the Chatbot’s Antisemitic Meltdown
The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf ...
Hypersonics, AI, drone swarms: Pentagon pours $179 billion into R&D
At a trillion dollars, this year’s defense budget request is big — and a record-setting $179 billion is just for research and development.
Pentagon announces new contract with Musk’s Grok AI just a week after its anti-Semitic turn
Musk’s company, xAI, announced that it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a suite of products that allows federal, state, ...
Microsoft is prepping an AI Copilot for the Pentagon
Microsoft is preparing a version of its Copilot AI tool for the Pentagon as it nears a deal to add 1 million new users from a mystery customer.