
Pentagon awards mega contracts to Musk-owned company, other firms for new ‘frontier AI’ projects
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for the new effort.
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for the new effort.
It’s unclear how employees, responsibilities and investments were dispersed following the termination.
A day after the Defense Department announced a new deal with OpenAI, an official with the Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office said announcements about additional partnerships with companies for “frontier AI” projects are on the horizon.
Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate are backing the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025.
This moves DOD closer to real-time data flow between the tactical edge and operational and strategic decision-makers, officials said.
There’s been an exodus of senior leaders and other technical employees from the Pentagon’s AI hub in recent months, sources said.
The Trump administration appointed a new Chief Digital and AI Officer at the Defense Department.
Correspondence obtained by DefenseScoop provides new information about personnel changes inside the AI hub.
The Pentagon has started a process to rehire some employees who lost their jobs.
Advana has become yet another exemplar of a DOD software development project that lost its way.