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US defense department awards contracts to Google, Musk's xAI

OpenAI, Alphabet's Google , Anthropic and Elon Musk's AI firm xAI have won contracts of up to $200 million each, aimed at scaling up adoption of advanced AI capabilities in the U.S. Department of Defense,

Gizmodo · 13h

Elon Musk’s Nazi Robot Just Landed a Contract With the Department of Defense

The Department of Defense under Secretary Pete Hegseth has been fixated on buzzwords like “warfighting” and “warfighters,” and adopting new AI tools is part of that mission, according to leaders at the agency. And Monday’s press release was filled to the brim with similarly grandiose language.

The New Republic on MSN · 13h

Musk’s Racist Grok AI Chatbot Is Now Part of the Defense Department

The Department of Defense will start using Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to “develop agentic AI workflows.” Trump’s DoD awarded Musk’s xAI a $200 million federal contract to install “Grok for Government” into the national defense apparatus.

Philippine defense chief renounced Maltese citizenship before his appointment, department says

The Philippine Defense Department says Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to ...

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The United States Is Running Dangerously Low on Patriot Missiles

The US Department of Defense (DoD) currently has only 25 percent of the interceptors needed for all its military plans, with ...

Mediaite on MSN14h

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

The Department of Defense has entered a contract to begin using the AI bot Grok in some unknown capacity just days after it declared itself "MechaHitler." The post JUST IN: U.S. Military to Begin ...

MP Materials Announces Transformational Public-Private Partnership with the Department of Defense to Accelerate U.S. Rare Earth Magnet Independence

MP Materials Corp. (NYSE: MP) ("MP Materials" or the "Company") today announced it has entered into a transformational public ...

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Sen. Joni Ernst tucks ban on Chinese, Russian lab research into national defense bill

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has added to a key military spending bill making its way through Congress a pair of provisions to ...

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Seal of the United States Department of Defense owned by Gen. Colin ...

Description A multicolored metal seal of the United States Department of Defense, owned by General Colin L. Powell. The large round enamel inner face of this emblem features a bright blue background ...