DoD strikes deals with major tech firms to deploy AI on classified networks
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> The Defense Department has struck agreements with some of the nation’s largest technology companies to deploy their advanced artificial intelligence capabilities on its classified networks, part of a broader push to accelerate the military’s adoption of AI.
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> SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Reflection will integrate their AI capabilities into the department’s Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments. IL6 is used for the storage and processing of information classified up to the secret level, while IL7 supports highly restricted data.
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> Following the initial announcement Friday morning, DoD said that Oracle has also “agreed to join the list of AI companies,” bringing the total number of participating companies to eight.
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> “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the department said in a statement.
> The Defense Department has struck agreements with some of the nation’s largest technology companies to deploy their advanced artificial intelligence capabilities on its classified networks, part of a broader push to accelerate the military’s adoption of AI.
>
> SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and Reflection will integrate their AI capabilities into the department’s Impact Level 6 and Impact Level 7 network environments. IL6 is used for the storage and processing of information classified up to the secret level, while IL7 supports highly restricted data.
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> Following the initial announcement Friday morning, DoD said that Oracle has also “agreed to join the list of AI companies,” bringing the total number of participating companies to eight.
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> “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision superiority across all domains of warfare,” the department said in a statement.