Pentagon partners with major AI companies for use in classified networks

The Pentagon announced agreements with seven of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies Friday to integrate the advanced technology into U.S. military networks. Under the terms of the deal, SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, Nvidia, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services will have their advanced AI capabilities integrated into the Department of Defense’s intelligence networks for “lawful operational use.” “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the Pentagon wrote in a statement. The department added that integrating the frontier AI capabilities into the Pentagon’s Impact Level 6 and Level 7 networks will streamline “data synthesis, elevate situational understanding and augment warfighter decision-making in complex operational environments.” Here’s how the Pentagon is using AI today. File photo credit: Pixels Hunter via Shutterstock. Here’s how the Pentagon is using … more > Impact Level 6 and 7 are the highest security classifications for the Pentagon’s cloud services and authorize the storage and processing of classified information up to the secret level. The agreement is intended, in part, to diversify the Pentagon’s AI architecture, preventing “vendor lock,” or when an organization