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The Pentagon's about to start using xAI's Grok — and other federal agencies could be next
AI announced "Grok for Government" on Monday, and the Elon Musk-owned company's first government client will be the ...
Pentagon Abruptly Pulls Out of Annual Aspen Conference
For years, Republican and Democratic administrations have dispatched civilian Pentagon officials and military commanders to ...
Musk's xAI, other platforms, to share in $800M investments by Pentagon
AI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI received contracts worth up to $200 million to help the Pentagon incorporate artificial ...
China is the Pentagon's top challenge. Here's what the Army says it's doing about it.
The Army is working on new tech, drones, autonomy, better decision-making, and more to deter and prepare for conflict with ...
How a small mining company won a big investment from the Pentagon
MP Materials became a publicly traded company in late 2020, as part of a Spac deal with Fortress Value Acquisition ...
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Pentagon yanks speakers from Aspen Security Forum, blasts its values
The Pentagon abruptly pulled several of its top officials from speaking this week at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, ...
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"Promotes the evil of globalism": Pentagon withdraws from Aspen Security Forum
The Pentagon pulled senior Defense Department officials from the Aspen Security Forum on Monday, a day before the four-day ...
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Pentagon inks contracts for Musk's xAI, competitors
The Pentagon announced contracts on Monday with multiple leading US artificial intelligence firms including Elon Musk's xAI, ...
Pentagon takes $400 million stake in rare-earth miner
The Defense Department is buying $400 million of stock in rare-earth mining company MP Materials as it seeks to boost ...
Pentagon presses Japan, Australia on role in possible Taiwan conflict
Japan and Australia have been asked by Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby to detail their commitments in the case of a U.S.