From The Register, March 5:
Former allies, take note. This is a WOPR
Updated The American military has signed a deal with Scale AI to give artificial intelligence, as far as we can tell, its most prominent role in the Western defense sector to date – with AI agents to now be used in planning and operations.
The value of the contract, awarded as part of the US Defense Innovation Unit's Thunderforge project, wasn't specified, though given its considerable scope it's likely to be a large one. According to data labeling and AI training outfit Scale today, the contract will see it leading a team including Palmer Luckey's Anduril and Copilot-obsessed Microsoft to implement the US Department of Defense's "first foray into integrating AI agents in and across military workflows."
According to the DIU's Thunderforge project leader Bryce Goodman, transforming military decisionmaking with AI is something that's pivotal to sustaining US military dominance....
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The Defense Innovation Unit has been in touch to tell us it understands the concerns around AI safety in military uses, telling us it has been a leader in developing safeguards for military AI....
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