Pentagon AI office, Army award Ask Sage $10M for GenAI expansion
The contract expands the Army’s “Enterprise Large Language Model Workspace” — just introduced in May — to users at OSD, the Joint Staff, and combatant commands worldwide.
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‘OpenAI For Government’ launches with $200M win from Pentagon CDAO
A new OpenAI initiative will also “consolidate” the company’s existing work with government clients like the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Los Alamos and the Treasury Department.
Large Language Matchmaker: DIU tests AI to automatically bring innovators, agencies together
The “Digital OnRamp” will use Large Language Models to recommend which companies’ technologies might meet a given DoD organization’s needs.
AI for war plans: Pentagon innovation shop taps Scale AI to build ‘Thunderforge’ prototype
Working with Anduril and Microsoft, Scale AI will help military planners manage masses of operational data, starting at INDOPACOM and EUCOM.
White House Executive Order on AI Provides Guidelines for AI Privacy and Safety
The Biden administration directed government organizations, including NIST, to encourage responsible and innovative use of generative AI.
Generative AI Can Write Phishing Emails, But Humans Are Better At It, IBM X-Force Finds
Hacker Stephanie “Snow” Carruthers and her team found phishing emails written by security researchers saw a 3% better click rate than phishing emails written by ChatGPT.
Beyond ChatGPT: Experts say generative AI should write — but not execute — battle plans
Training artificial intelligence on military-specific doctrine and intelligence to come up with operational plans is an “active area of experimentation right now,” according to a Special Competitive Studies Project analyst.
Pentagon launches ‘Task Force Lima’ to study generative AI for defense
Led by the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office, the task force “will assess, synchronize, and employ generative AI capabilities across the DoD, ensuring the Department remains at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies while safeguarding national…
IBM, Salesforce and More Pledge to White House List of Eight AI Safety Assurances
Assurances include watermarking, reporting about capabilities and risks, investing in safeguards to prevent bias and more.
Independent Ada Lovelace Institute Asks UK Government to Firm up AI Regulation Proposals
While the United Nations hashes out regulations, the UK’s ‘context-based’ approach is intended to spur innovation but may cause uncertainty in the industry.