In a significant move to strengthen national defence capabilities through artificial intelligence, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded contracts to four leading AI companies: OpenAI, Google (Alphabet), Anthropic and Elon Musk’s xAI. The contracts, each capped at $200 million, aim to accelerate the integration of cutting-edge AI into defence workflows, the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) confirmed on Monday.
The initiative will focus on developing advanced agentic AI systems, autonomous…

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