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US Department of Defense Awards Contracts to Google, XAI

(Reuters) -OpenAI, Alphabet's Google, Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts aimed at scaling up adoption of advanced AI capabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office said on Monday.

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Elon Musk’s Nazi Robot Just Landed a Contract With the Department of Defense

The Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth has been fixated on buzzwords like “warfighting” and “warfighters,” and adopting new AI tools is part of that mission, according to leaders at the agency. And Monday’s press release was filled to the brim with similarly grandiose language.

The New Republic on MSN · 1h

Musk’s Racist Grok AI Chatbot Is Now Part of the Defense Department

The Department of Defense will start using Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to “develop agentic AI workflows.” Trump’s DoD awarded Musk’s xAI a $200 million federal contract to install “Grok for Government” into the national defense apparatus.

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Philippine defense chief renounced Maltese citizenship before his appointment, department says

The Philippine Defense Department says Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to ...

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JUST IN: U.S. Military to Begin Using Elon Musk’s Grok, Days After AI Chatbot’s Embrace of Hitler

The Department of Defense has entered a contract to begin using the AI bot Grok in some unknown capacity just days after it declared itself "MechaHitler." The post JUST IN: U.S. Military to Begin ...

MP Materials Announces Transformational Public-Private Partnership with the Department of Defense to Accelerate U.S. Rare Earth Magnet Independence

MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP) ("MP Materials" or the "Company") today announced it has entered into a transformational public ...

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The Defense Department Canceled a Harvard Project’s Grant. Then It Kept Paying.

The Department of Defense paid Harvard scientists to continue work on their research project, even after the Trump ...

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Sen. Joni Ernst tucks ban on Chinese, Russian lab research into national defense bill

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has added to a key military spending bill making its way through Congress a pair of provisions to ...

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Seal of the United States Department of Defense owned by Gen. Colin ...

Description A multicolored metal seal of the United States Department of Defense, owned by General Colin L. Powell. The large round enamel inner face of this emblem features a bright blue background ...