"It omits any mention of ethical use of AI and casts suspicion on the concept of AI responsibility while banning the use of models that incorporate DEI-related "ideological 'tuning.'" Also on Monday, Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Pentagon networks, including classified ones, would enable access to Grok, the Elon Musk-owned, Saudi- and Qatari-backed AI chatbot noted for its partisan, even Nazi, slant and its willingness to create sexually explicit images of children."
"In some key respects, the new strategy bears much in common with its 2023 Biden-administration predecessor, which also emphasized the rapid adoption of commercially available AI frontier models across the military. A project called "Swarm Forge" will "iteratively discover, test, and scale" new ways of using AI in combat. Another project aims to rapidly incorporate agentic AI-foundation models that can complete specific tasks autonomously-for "enabled battle management and decision support, from campaign planning to kill chain execution,""
"Also on Monday, Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Pentagon networks, including classified ones, would enable access to Grok, the Elon Musk-owned, Saudi- and Qatari-backed AI chatbot noted for its partisan, even Nazi, slant and its willingness to create sexually explicit images of children. One intelligence-related project aims to "turn intel into weapons in hours not years;" another, to make posture planning more "dynamic." Another project aims to make AI tools-including Grok and Google's Gemini-available to department personnel at " Information Level (IL-5) and above classification levels.""
The Pentagon released a six-page AI-acceleration strategy establishing seven 'pace-setting projects' to unlock foundational enablers for U.S. military efforts. The plan directs components to make their data centrally available within four years for AI training and analysis. The strategy omits ethical-use guidance, bans models with DEI-related 'ideological tuning,' and calls into question AI responsibility. The strategy expands access to commercial frontier models and authorizes Grok on Pentagon networks, including classified systems. Projects include Swarm Forge for combat AI testing, rapid adoption of agentic foundation models for battle management, intelligence-to-weapons acceleration, dynamic posture planning, and scenario-planning support.
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