Pentagon strikes deals with 8 Big Tech companies after shunning Anthropic

CNN – 1 May 26

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The Department of Defense announced Friday an agreement with eight major technology companies to use their artificial intelligence tools in its classified networks.

For the US government announcement of this deal, see: https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4475177/classified-networks-ai-agreements/

importantly, this agreement involves

eight of the world’s leading frontier artificial intelligence companies, SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Oracle

With the claimed intention being to

deploy their advanced AI capabilities on the Department’s classified networks for lawful operational use.

CNN also noted that Anthropic is not included in this deal, though they do seem to be resuming talks with the US government regarding future AI deals.

Not included: Anthropic, which the Trump administration has blacklisted over Anthropic’s insistence that the Pentagon include certain safety guardrails for the government’s use of AI in warfare. But the White House reopened discussions with Anthropic in recent weeks after the company made significant announcements about several technology breakthroughs.