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Pentagon AI chief confirms DOD's scaled up apply of Google, confirms reliance on one model 'never a good thing'
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Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley confirmed to CNBC that the Department of Defense is expanding its use of Google's Gemini artificial intelligence model, about two months after the DOD dropped Anthropic, designating it as a supply chain risk.
Key facts
- The arrangement is facing some opposition internally at Google, where more than 700 employees signed a letter that was sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai this week, calling for the company to reject
- Pentagon AI chief Cameron Stanley confirmed to CNBC that the Department of Defense is expanding its use of Google's Gemini artificial intelligence model, about two months after the DOD dropped
- In addition to Gemini, the Pentagon is also working with OpenAI and other vendors to modernize wartime capabilities, Stanley told CNBC in a video interview
- The DOD's embrace of Google comes amid a heated legal dispute with Anthropic
Summary
The DOD is using Google's latest model for classified projects, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named because the specifics of the arrangement aren't public. In addition to Gemini, the Pentagon is also working with OpenAI and other vendors to modernize wartime capabilities, Stanley told CNBC in a video interview. "Overreliance on one vendor is never a good thing," he said. The DOD's embrace of Google comes amid a heated legal dispute with Anthropic.