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AI startup Clarifai hacked by Russian source while part of Pentagon’s Project...
Computer vision company Clarifai is being accused of being hacked last year by one or more people in Russia while participating in the Department of Defense’s Project Maven, then failing to report the...
View ArticleLightsquared’s Hail Mary pass for survival: swapping airwaves with the Dept....
In a last-ditch attempt to keep its wholesale LTE 4G network alive, Lightsquared may be considering swapping its wireless airwaves with the Department of Defense, sources tell the Wall Street Journal....
View ArticleAllied Minds and the DOD: 50,000 scientists at 100 labs creating technologies...
The U.S Department of Defense spends $100 billion a year funding 50,000 scientists in 100 research labs to create innovative new technologies. Now some of those new technologies will be coming to...
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The White House launches ai.gov
The White House has launched ai.gov to highlight AI initiatives undertaken by federal agencies and the Trump administration.Read More
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Pentagon recruiter: Nerds and technologists must join AI race against China...
Techies who avoid working with the U.S. military enable nations like China and Russia in the AI arms race, director of the Defense Digital Service said recently.Read More
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The U.S. military wants your opinion on AI ethics
The U.S. Department of Defense visited Silicon Valley to solicit ethical guidance on how the military should develop or acquire autonomous systems.Read More
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Trump executive order spurs call for opinions on federal AI standards
The Department of Commerce wants the artifical intelligence community's opinion to help form technical AI standards for the federal government.Read More
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DoD’s Joint AI Center to open-source natural disaster satellite imagery data set
A group of AI practitioners and the U.S. military will soon open-source xBD, a labeled data set of satellite images from major natural disasters.Read More
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Weaponize your drone and face a $25,000 fine from the FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration this week warned that placing a dangerous weapon on a drone can carry a fine of up to $25,000.Read More
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Microsoft beats Amazon for $10 billion Pentagon JEDI cloud contract
Microsoft beat Amazon out for a $10 billion cloud contract to provide the United States Department of Defense with cloud computing services.Read More
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Defense Innovation Board unveils AI ethics principles for the Pentagon
AI ethics principles to guide U.S. military applications of artificial intelligence were approved today by the Defense Innovation Board.Read More
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The U.S. military, algorithmic warfare, and big tech
The U.S. military is preparing for the age of AI and algorithmic warfare, and it's getting help from tech giants like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.Read More
View ArticleAnonymous leaks a bunch of Defense Department documents, but they’re mostly a...
Not to be outdone by the press, Anonymous is joining in on this week’s leaks with a Department of Defense-related leak of its own. The hacktivist group posted a cache of internal Department of Defense...
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Buttigieg and Yang say AI is essential to U.S. national security
Presidential candidates Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang asserted that artificial intelligence is essential to U.S. national security in the 21st century.Read More
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Obama Administration teams with Apple, HP, Boeing on new wearable tech hub in...
The Obama Administration will make an announcement later today that it will establish a new flexible hybrid electronics manufacturing innovation hub in Silicon Valley. More than $171 million will be...
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U.S. judge temporarily halts Microsoft JEDI contract work at Amazon’s request
A judge granted Amazon's request Thursday to halt Microsoft work on JEDI, a $10 billion cloud computing contract, claiming influence by President Trump.Read More
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Tech leaders highlight military AI and 5G investments they call essential to...
Executives from companies like Amazon and Microsoft are suggesting Congress and the president prioritize funding for certain 5G and AI projects.Read More
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The FCC’s dangerous new trick to grab mid band 5G spectrum: Beg Trump
In an effort to speed up U.S. access to 5G-friendly mid band spectrum, one FCC commissioner was willing to resort to personally flattering the president.Read More
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FCC moves to expand L-band to 5G after GPS interference controversy
The FCC continues to expand 5G frequency availability, enabling a controversial expansion that will open GPS-adjacent bandwidth to cellular use.Read More
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The Pentagon’s Joint AI Center wants to be like Silicon Valley
The largest Joint AI Center contract to date was awarded this week. CTO Nand Mulchandani on AI at the Pentagon and why JAIC is mimicking Silicon Valley.Read More
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