State of the Union: The contract builds on a long-running relationship between the Pentagon and Silicon Valley. The post Pentagon Announces AI Deal with Google, OpenAI, Nvidia, Others appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Department of Defense announced Friday that it has signed agreements with seven major technology companies—Google parent Alphabet, OpenAI, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, SpaceX, and Reflection—to deploy artificial intelligence tools on classified military networks. The Pentagon said the deals will help establish the U.S. military as an “AI-first fighting force.” The announcements come amid a continuing feud with Anthropic after the company said it objected to requests that would allow its technology to be used for mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. In late February, President Donald Trump ordered all federal agencies to terminate their relationships with the AI firm and Secretary of Defense Pete…Open
A U.S. Magistrate Judge says he's "very troubled" by the conditions that WHCD shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen has been faced with in prison. #ColeTomasAllen #WHCD #ShootingSuspect
The Supreme Court on Monday immediately put into effect its ruling invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, leaving conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on opposite sides and accusing each other of lacking restraint. The order speeds up the normal 32-day timeline before the justices formally return a case to the lower court. Read more: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5863197-supreme-court-alito-jackson-louisiana-map/ #Louisiana #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #KetanjiBrownJackson #SamuelAlito #Redistricting
Meta announced Tuesday it will be utilizing artificial intelligence to help remove users younger than 13 years old from its platforms as the technology giant continues efforts to improve safety measures for kids amid scrutiny in state courts and Congress. In a blog post, Meta said it is developing advanced AI to “analyze entire profiles for contextual clues” like birthday celebrations or discussions about school grades in posts, bios, comments or captions to determine if a user is likely underage. #Meta #Instagram #Congress #AI
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Local parents Mark and Jenna Wilkins spent the day eagerly waiting to find out what grade they received on their daughter Addison's third-grade science project.
As the nation commemorates its 250th anniversary throughout 2026, community and military leaders honored the next generation of American defenders during the second annual Our Community Salutes Enlistee Recognition Ceremony at the First Baptist Church in O'Fallon, Ill.
When the president or the secretary of war needs immediate, scalable and lethal combat power anywhere in the world, 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers answer the call, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a Pentagon press briefing.
Project Freedom is a targeted U.S. military mission to break the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and restore the safe flow of international shipping and oil.
