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The Pentagon rolls out AI agreements with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and more
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The U.S. Department of War has announced deals with "seven of the world’s leading frontier artificial intelligence companies" for operational use.
Key facts
- A researcher discovered this when they pitted GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 against each other in a wargame, with 95% of the outcome ending in a tactical nuclear strike
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- While AI is certainly useful for distilling massive amounts of information and spotting patterns that humans can miss, it’s still not a 100% reliable tool for making decisions
- China, for example, has been showing off a 200-strong AI drone swarm that can be controlled by a single soldier, as well as ground-based drone wolfpacks armed with machine guns and grenade launchers
Summary
The U.S. It seems that the AI tools that these companies offer will, for now, be limited to data analysis and help make decision-making faster and easier as the U.S. faces complex situations. “Over 1.3 million Department personnel have used the platform, generating tens of millions of prompts and deploying hundreds of thousands of agents in only five months,” the Pentagon said. Nevertheless, there have been concerns about the use of AI in military applications. While AI is certainly useful for distilling massive amounts of information and spotting patterns that humans can miss, it’s still not a 100% reliable tool for making decisions that could have a global impact.