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Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
14 hours ago

What AI Models for War Actually Look Like

Smack Technologies is developing military-focused AI models designed to surpass Claude's capabilities for planning and executing military operations, with less ethical restrictions than Anthropic.
Artificial intelligence
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Anthropic's Claude can now absorb your past conversations with other AI chatbots

Anthropic launched a memory import tool enabling users to transfer conversation history from competing AI chatbots like ChatGPT into Claude, capitalizing on recent user migration driven by OpenAI's Department of Defense contract.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
4 days ago

OpenAI's Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with 'technical safeguards' | TechCrunch

OpenAI agreed to allow the Department of Defense to use its AI models on classified networks, while Anthropic refused similar terms and faced federal sanctions.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

Katy Perry shares Claude Pro subscription screenshot with heart after Pentagon drops Anthropic

Katy Perry publicly purchased a Claude Pro subscription, signaling support for Anthropic amid its conflict with the Department of Defense over military contracts.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

OpenAI strikes a Defense Department deal, hours after the Pentagon cuts Anthropic

OpenAI secured a Department of Defense agreement to deploy AI models on classified networks, while the Pentagon severed ties with Anthropic over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons use.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's technology

President Trump directs all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic's technology, with a six-month phase-out period, following a dispute with the Department of Defense over military deployment terms.
#scouting-america
fromAdvocate.com
5 days ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth declares that Scouting America will eliminate transgender tolerance & diversity programs

fromTruthout
4 weeks ago
US politics

Pentagon Tells Scouting America to End Inclusive Policies or Lose Military Partnerships

fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth threatens to cut funding to Scouting America over its gender-inclusive policies - LGBTQ Nation

fromAdvocate.com
5 days ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth declares that Scouting America will eliminate transgender tolerance & diversity programs

fromTruthout
4 weeks ago
US politics

Pentagon Tells Scouting America to End Inclusive Policies or Lose Military Partnerships

fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth threatens to cut funding to Scouting America over its gender-inclusive policies - LGBTQ Nation

#coal-industry
#anthropic
fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Trump team livid about Dario Amodei's principled stand to keep the Defense Department from using his AI tools for warlike purposes | Fortune

fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Trump team livid about Dario Amodei's principled stand to keep the Defense Department from using his AI tools for warlike purposes | Fortune

US politics
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

We Still Have No Idea Who the U.S. Military Is Killing in Pacific Ocean Boat Strikes

Opaque maritime strikes labeled 'narcoterrorists' continue in Caribbean and Pacific waters while transparency is withheld and public attention is diverted by domestic crises.
US news
fromIntelligencer
3 weeks ago

FAA Suddenly Closes, Then Reopens El Paso Airspace

FAA briefly closed and quickly reopened El Paso airspace amid reports of Mexican cartel drones and an interagency conflict over unmanned drone operations.
#department-of-defense
fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

Trump's 'Department of War' rebrand could cost $125 million, says the CBO, for the likes of replacement stationery and new signs | Fortune

fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth Just Threatened to Recall Sen. Mark Kelly to Active Duty Just to Court-Martial Him

US politics
fromFast Company
3 months ago

The Department of War rebrand could cost $2 billion

Administration plans to rename Department of Defense to Department of War, projected to cost up to $2 billion and require congressional approval.
US politics
fromTruthout
3 months ago

"Department of War" Name Change, Which Isn't Even Official, Will Cost $2 Billion

Renaming the Department of Defense to "Department of War" could cost up to $2 billion and will not change its mission.
fromFortune
1 month ago
US politics

Trump's 'Department of War' rebrand could cost $125 million, says the CBO, for the likes of replacement stationery and new signs | Fortune

fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

Pete Hegseth Just Threatened to Recall Sen. Mark Kelly to Active Duty Just to Court-Martial Him

Public health
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Military ban on HIV-positive enlistees could set dangerous precedent, experts warn

The Department of Defense has paused training and shipping HIV-positive military applicants pending appeals court ruling, preventing enlistment despite treatable, nontransmissible status.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Senator Mark Kelly sues US Defense Department for punitive retribution'

Mark Kelly sued the Department of Defense and related officials alleging punitive retaliation that violated his First Amendment free speech rights.
Public health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The US military's annual suicide report is missing, and the Pentagon isn't offering any answers

The Pentagon's annual military suicide report and quarterly suicide data releases are delayed with no timeline, undermining transparency and accountability.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Sen. Mark Kelly Punished By Pete Hegseth After Defending Troops' Right to Disobey Illegal Orders

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth formally censured Sen. Mark Kelly and initiated retirement-grade reduction proceedings over a video urging service members to ignore illegal orders.
#offshore-wind
fromFast Company
2 months ago
Environment

The Trump administration is trying to kill these offshore wind projects over 'national security' concerns that experts say are bogus

fromFast Company
2 months ago
Environment

The Trump administration is trying to kill these offshore wind projects over 'national security' concerns that experts say are bogus

US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Not That I'm Aware Of!' Trump Pentagon Press Sec Laughs Out Loud at Question About Candace Owens Conspiracy Theory

DoD press secretary Kingsley Wilson laughed when asked about evidence for Candace Owens' claim of a French assassination plot and said she was not aware.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Republican Senator Blasts FBI for Investigating Democratic Colleagues

Sen. Lisa Murkowski condemned FBI and Defense investigations into Democratic lawmakers who urged servicemembers to refuse illegal orders, defending Sen. Mark Kelly.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Grotesque': Jonah Goldberg Savages Trump Over Threat to Court-Martial Dem Senator AND Illegal Orders Video

Jonah Goldberg called the Democrats' video urging troops not to follow illegal orders misdirected, dangerous, and a provocation that enrages Trump supporters.
Film
fromwww.esquire.com
4 months ago

The DOD Says A House of Dynamite Is Inaccurate. Kathryn Bigelow Diasgrees.

A House of Dynamite portrays a failed missile intercept, prompting the Department of Defense to dispute the film's depiction of U.S. missile defense effectiveness.
Media industry
fromIntelligencer
4 months ago

Pete Hegseth's New Pentagon Press Policy Is a Miserable Failure

Major U.S. news networks jointly declined new Pentagon press restrictions that could limit reporters' access, revoke credentials, and threaten core journalistic protections.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
5 months ago

Hegseth, Vought actions heighten fears about continued inspector general independence

Defense Department leadership plans changes to the inspector general process while OMB cut funding for oversight training, raising bipartisan concerns about chilling whistleblowing.
#oura-ring
fromFortune
5 months ago
Privacy professionals

Oura CEO insists they'll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir | Fortune

fromFortune
5 months ago
Privacy professionals

Oura CEO insists they'll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir | Fortune

fromAxios
5 months ago

Inside Trump and Hegseth's unusual meeting with U.S. generals at Quantico

The Defense Department and White House have secure ways to communicate across countries and timezones, Axios' Colin Demarest reports, and it's unorthodox to have leaders simultaneously depart their stations. The gathering that Trump is framing as a sort of military pep rally came after months of high-profile retirements and removals that wiped away decades of the country's national security experience and a historic rebrand to the "Department of War."
US politics
#militarism
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

Lockheed Martin says the US is interested in its '5th-generation-plus' F-35 that uses tech from its failed 6th-generation bid

CEO Jim Taiclet said on Thursday that there is "a very active engagement at an extremely high level with the Department of Defense" about the upgraded F-35, and that "I expect it will be taken to the White House sometime soon, hopefully, to consider this kind of concept." Speaking at Morgan Stanley's Laguna Conference, he said there is no contract yet, but that if the jet is kept under the Pentagon's current approved plan, the souped-up F-35 would, over time, get near sixth-generation capability.
US news
US politics
fromIndependent
5 months ago

Max Boot: Trump's 'Department of War' renaming less alarming than how he uses the US military itself

President Trump's executive order renaming the Department of Defense 'Department of War' is symbolic, prioritizes style over substance, and conflicts with Congress's 1949 naming authority.
#oura
fromTechCrunch
5 months ago
Privacy technologies

Smart ring maker Oura's CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a 'cloud of wearables' | TechCrunch

fromTechCrunch
5 months ago
Privacy technologies

Smart ring maker Oura's CEO addresses recent backlash, says future is a 'cloud of wearables' | TechCrunch

#executive-order
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

US Department of Defense to be renamed Department of War': Report

The US will temporarily rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War by executive order to project a more forceful, potentially offensive posture.
#trump
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

Trump is rebranding the Pentagon as the Department of War. Here are 5 other things he's renamed since he got back to the White House.

The president is renaming federal entities, including proposing to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, with such changes requiring congressional approval.
US politics
fromTheregister
6 months ago

No more China-based Microsoft staff on DoD cloud: Pentagon

The DoD banned China-based employees from supporting Microsoft Azure for U.S. government systems and ordered a third-party audit and further investigation.
Information security
fromNextgov.com
6 months ago

Report: Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for DOD use

A Russia-based Yandex employee is sole maintainer of fast-glob, a widely used open-source package embedded in Department of Defense software, posing supply-chain risk.
fromBreaking Defense
6 months ago

Mining for DOGE: Defense budget docs show $11B in 'efficiencies,' but what are they? - Breaking Defense

Different officials within the Pentagon have reported various figures for savings attributed to DOGE, creating discrepancies and uncertainty about the exact amount of taxpayer dollars saved.
US politics
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
6 months ago

Pentagon weakly corrects Pete Hegseth's views on women having the right to vote

The Department of Defense claims Pete Hegseth supports women's voting rights despite controversial views expressed by his church leaders.
#microsoft
fromTechCrunch
7 months ago
US politics

Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work | TechCrunch

Microsoft has stopped allowing China-based engineers to access Department of Defense cloud systems.
fromBusiness Insider
8 months ago
Tech industry

Microsoft is prepping an AI Copilot for the Pentagon

Microsoft is developing a Copilot AI tool specifically for the Pentagon, potentially adding millions of users to its platform.
fromTechCrunch
7 months ago
US politics

Microsoft says it will no longer use engineers in China for Department of Defense work | TechCrunch

US politics
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

Congrats on the New DOD Gig, MechaHitler!

MechaHitler has been announced as a new figure in the Department of Defense despite previous anti-Semitic rhetoric.
#xai
fromFuturism
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk Rages Against Government Spending, But He Just Accepted $200 Million Directly From Your Tax Dollars

fromFortune
7 months ago
US politics

Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts - Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business

fromFuturism
7 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk Rages Against Government Spending, But He Just Accepted $200 Million Directly From Your Tax Dollars

fromFortune
7 months ago
US politics

Elon Musk spent months slashing federal contracts - Now his AI company is celebrating a $200M Pentagon contract and new unit to get government business

#ai-in-defense
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

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

On Monday, xAI announced Grok for Government as a suite of products designed to provide frontier AI models to United States Government customers, including the Defense Department.
Artificial intelligence
fromConsequence
7 months ago

Metallica Force Pentagon to Pull Video Touting Drone Program Over Unauthorized Use of "Enter Sandman"

The Department of Defense faced a copyright issue after posting a video highlighting drone capabilities set to 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica, requiring the video to be removed.
US politics
US politics
fromNextgov.com
8 months ago

More than 60,000 feds are still waiting for their 2025 pay raise

Blue-collar federal employees await 2025 pay raises due to halted advisory committee operations at the Pentagon.
fromBusiness Insider
8 months ago

Tech execs from companies chasing defense contracts are now Army officers. A watchdog is calling for an investigation.

Concerns have arisen over the potential conflicts of interest regarding tech executives who joined the Army Reserve while holding lucrative AI contracts with the Department of Defense.
US politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
8 months ago

The Math Behind Trump's $1 Trillion Defense Budget

The President's FY '26 National Defense Budget requests $1.01 trillion, which is a 13 percent increase from FY '25 enacted levels. This includes $848.3 billion for DoD's discretionary budget and $113.3 billion in mandatory funding for DoD.
US politics
#openai
fromBoston.com
8 months ago

Defense official said cutting Harvard grant could cause 'grave and immediate harm to national security,' court docs show

Harvard is currently the top performing team on the AMPHORA program. Inadequate knowledge of the biological threat landscape poses grave and immediate harm to national security.
US news
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
9 months ago

Barbara Starr Rips Pete Hegseth Press Crackdown on Fox News

Barbara Starr criticizes Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for imposing restrictions on press access to the Pentagon, compromising journalistic integrity.
Tech industry
fromBusiness Insider
9 months ago

The Pentagon's IT agency is facing a 10% cut to its workforce. Its director suggested that might be a good thing.

DISA faces a 10% workforce cut as a strategic opportunity for realignment.
#cybersecurity
fromBreaking Defense
9 months ago
Women in technology

How a key Pentagon tech leader plans on 'blowing up' outdated software risk framework

Katie Arrington aims to modernize the Pentagon's software acquisition processes with the new Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative.
fromDatabreaches
10 months ago
Law

Raytheon Companies and Nightwing Group to Pay $8.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracts

Raytheon and Nightwing have agreed to pay $8.4 million for cybersecurity compliance failures in DoD contracts.
fromDatabreaches
10 months ago
Law

Raytheon Companies and Nightwing Group to Pay $8.4M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Non-Compliance with Cybersecurity Requirements in Federal Contracts

Washington DC
fromBusiness Insider
10 months ago

See the military zone in the Roosevelt Reservation, where US troops can arrest migrants along the US-Mexico border

The U.S. Department of Defense now oversees a 110,000-acre buffer zone to enhance border security against illegal activities.
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