"When you serve in the military, you take an oath you're going to serve honorably, lawfully, in accordance with the rules of war. To me, the people who deploy the technology and make sure it is used ethically need to be in a uniform."
"Smack's models learn to identify optimal mission plans through a process of trial and error, similar to how Google trained its 2017 program AlphaGo. In Smack's case, the strategy involves running the model through various war game scenarios and having expert analysts provide a signal that tells the model if its chosen strategy will pay off."
"Military use of AI has become a hot topic in Silicon Valley after officials at the Department of Defense went head-to-head with Anthropic executives over the terms of a roughly $200 million contract. One of the issues that led to the breakdown was Anthropic's desire to limit the use of its models."
Smack Technologies, a startup founded by former Marines and a computer scientist, secured $32 million in funding to develop advanced AI models specifically for military applications. Unlike Anthropic, which has resisted providing unfettered access to its AI for military use, Smack appears more willing to support military deployment. The company's models learn through trial and error using war game scenarios, similar to Google's AlphaGo approach. CEO Andy Markoff, a former Marine commander, argues that military personnel taking oaths to serve honorably should be responsible for ethical AI deployment. This development reflects growing tension in Silicon Valley over AI's military applications, highlighted by conflicts between the Department of Defense and Anthropic over a $200 million contract.
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