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 class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/market/market-stats/stocks-pentagon-rubber-share-price-nse-bse-s0005484″ data-vars-anchor-text=”Pentagon” data-vars-link-type=”Auto” data-vars-page-type=”story”>Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) confirmed on Monday.
The initiative will class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/market/market-stats/stocks-focus-lighting-and-fixtures-share-price-nse-bse-s0004911″ data-vars-anchor-text=”focus” data-vars-link-type=”Auto” data-vars-page-type=”story”>focus on developing advanced agentic AI systems, autonomous…

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