After a federal watchdog found a staff of two overseers insufficient to vet 27,000 research awards for ties to adversaries, namely China, the Pentagon says computers will now screen military-funded academics, including artificial intelligence experts. The move has stakeholders urging not to lean too hard on algorithms to distinguish, for instance, a scientist-spy sharing secret…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei After six weeks of bruising fight with the Pentagon, AI giant Anthropic PBC has received what amounts to a major endorsement from the Trump administration and the reason is China. According to a report by Bloomberg, speaking at a Wall Street Journal event in Washington, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent praised…
The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration have agreed to conduct anti-drone laser tests in New Mexico this weekend, following two instances where military laser deployments prompted sudden airspace closures in Texas. Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the White Sands Missile Range, these tests aim to “specifically address FAA safety concerns,” the military stated…
WASHINGTON—President Trump spent an enormous amount of political capital pushing for Senate confirmation of Pete Hegseth, who was pilloried over his personal problems and lack of experience running a major organization. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Now, Trump is leaning on his unconventional, made-for-TV defense secretary to sell his war…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic republic’s leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing to push on. Trump’s comments came as the conflict expanded on its fifth day, with a US submarine sinking an Iranian warship…
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said that the company’s rush to forge a deal with the Defense Department — following a clash between the Pentagon and AI rival Anthropic PBC — looked “opportunistic and sloppy.” In his post, Sam Altman said his company was hasty in making its deal with the Pentagon. (AFP file…
OpenAI has reached a deal on deploying its AI models in the classified network of the US Department of War, the firm’s CEO Sam Altman said in a post on Saturday. The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between the Pentagon and AI startup Anthropic AI. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made the announcement through X…
A standoff between one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies and the United States military came to a head this week, with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei refusing to bend to Pentagon pressure over how its AI technology can be used in national security operations, essentially for AI-guided weapons imn war. Anthropic CEO Dario…
The Pentagon is sending the Navy’s largest and most advanced aircraft carrier to the Middle East, as the U.S. steps up plans for a potential attack on Iran, two U.S. officials said. The USS Gerald R. Ford seen in September in the North Sea. The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group is deploying to…
The recent airspace closure around El Paso, Texas, was caused by the U.S. Military shooting down a party balloon amid a behind-the-scenes spat with air safety officials, multiple reports say. That contradicts the explanation provided on Tuesday by administration officials, which claimed the closure was necessary because drones operated by Mexican drug cartels were being…