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Former head of ‘Pentagon’s think tank’ joins Anthropic

The strategy expert calls adaptation to AI a "civilizational" challenge.

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OpenAI announces availability across cloud providers

The artificial intelligence developer updated its terms and conditions with Microsoft, announcing that its suite of agentic capabilities would now be available via other cloud providers.

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CBP seeks AI solutions to keep pace with rising volumes of border scans

A new sources sought notice seeks artificial intelligence tools to help agents sift through tens of thousands of X-ray images at ports of entry.

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SOCOM adding AI, autonomy ‘at every level,’ commander says

Fast adoption illustrates smaller organizations’ ability to harness disruptive tech.

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Pentagon adds Google’s latest model to GenAI.mil as usage soars

Users have built more than 100,000 AI agents using the generative-AI platform, officials said.

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White House accuses China of ‘deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns’ to steal US AI models

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told federal agencies that the Trump administration will be enhancing its engagement with the private sector to counter foreign-led distillation campaigns designed to undermine U.S. AI advances.

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Autonomous weapons will be ‘key and essential part’ of warfare, Joint Chiefs chair says

Chairman Dan Caine also said the U.S. needs to become a “better” buyer of advanced tools and tech for defense activities.

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VA seeks industry ideas for contact center tech upgrade

The agency is asking for artificial intelligence applications including conversational voice bots and chatbots with multilingual capabilities.

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GSA No. 2 talks ‘million hours challenge,’ scaling agency AI efforts

GSA Deputy Administrator Michael Lynch offered comprehensive look at the agency’s plans for key acquisition and shared services programs and new internal efforts aimed at automating work.

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AI and CMMC: A double-edge sword for defense contractors

Here’s how to get ahead of the problem and turn AI into a compliance asset, writes AJ Yawn, governance, risk and compliance expert.

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AI finds the bugs. Humans still have to fix everything else.

The Mythos experiment is real and impressive. But the threat actors who actually breach organizations aren't waiting on it, writes A. Stryker of Fable Security.

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World needs to ‘get ready’ for more powerful AI, Anthropic co-founder says

The company’s powerful Mythos, unveiled earlier this month, won’t be the only supercharged AI system to hit the market, Jack Clark said.

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Startup debuts agentic AI assistant for war

As the Pentagon eyes agentic AI, a veteran-founded company introduces a tool that puts the military first.

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Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation

The court finds the Pentagon's supply chain risk designation was punishment for public criticism, not a legitimate security threat.

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The real danger of military AI isn’t killer robots; it’s worse human judgement

As Pentagon rushes to deploy LLM-based tools, research suggests they can undermine human thought and communication.

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The hidden infrastructure challenge of the Genesis Mission

COMMENTARY | AI ambition without infrastructure alignment is just aspiration.

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ROC goes public to support its expansion push

The vision artificial intelligence- and biometrics-focused firm collects $24 million to hire engineers and expand the infrastructure that fuels its algorithms.

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White House releases regulatory vision for AI

The framework includes seven AI policy recommendations for Congress that attempt to balance consumer protections with advancing AI development.

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GSA, NIST partner to craft evaluation standards for AI tools in federal operations

Through the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, both agencies will help streamline the process to develop standards for artificial intelligence tools being used in government workflows.

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Merlin Labs’ public offering collects $200M to build an AI autopilot for any aircraft

The Boston-headquartered defense tech company has big ambitions for its AI-powered autonomous flight system.