frontier AI Archives

Services members assigned to the GenAI.mil task force, Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), deliver training on building AI agents to Sailors assigned to U.S. Pacific Fleet on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 23, 2026. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Sypert)

DOD poised to move all classified AI workloads off Anthropic by October

U.S. officials shared new details about the fast-tracked migration and early enterprise deployments of military-tuned frontier AI models.

Sep 11, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

An AI app folder containing Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT, among others, is displayed on a smartphone screen in Creteil, France, on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Grok and ChatGPT join Gemini in Pentagon’s enterprise genAI portal

Sources shared new details about this long-anticipated integration, which DOD officials announced on Monday.

Aug 31, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Trump administration announces ‘War Force’ effort

The Pentagon seeks experts in designing, building, integrating and maintaining capabilities like frontier AI, machine learning, automation and data systems.

Jun 30, 2026 By Jon Harper

Amid concerns sparked by Mythos, the Pentagon’s cyber policy chief sees ‘huge opportunity’ with frontier AI models

Defense officials discussed frontier models at the AI+ Expo.

May 7, 2026 By Jon Harper

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Pentagon names former DOGE employee Gavin Kliger as new chief data officer

Kliger will be tasked with overseeing the Pentagon's widespread adoption of emerging AI capabilities.

Mar 6, 2026 By Mikayla Easley

DOD wants AI-enabled coding tools for ‘tens of thousands’ of users in its developer workforce

The products would enable AI-driven code generation, optimization, debugging, support and refinement at the edge.

Feb 26, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

In this illustration, the Claude AI website is seen on a laptop on February 16, 2026 in New York City. According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the Defense Department used Anthropic’s Claude Ai, via its Palantir contract, to help with the attack on Venezuela and capture former President Nicolás Maduro. (Photo illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Pentagon CTO urges Anthropic to ‘cross the Rubicon’ on military AI use cases amid ethics dispute

His comments come as the Pentagon is locked in a high-stakes dispute with Anthropic about the U.S. military’s use of the startup’s Claude AI model in real-world…

Feb 19, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Sean Batir moderates a panel at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say

Cybersecurity panelists spotlighted multiple risks and threats posed by emerging frontier AI applications.

Sep 15, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk s artificial intelligence grok in front of a background lit by a blue light in Kerlouan in Brittany in France on February 18 2025. (Photo by Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth asked to defend Pentagon’s ‘uniquely troubling’ deal with Musk-owned xAI

The company xAI was recently awarded a $200 million contract by the Defense Department.

Sep 11, 2025 By Brandi Vincent

Experts worry about transparency, unforeseen risks as DOD forges ahead with new frontier AI projects

Also called foundation models, frontier AI refers to sophisticated, constantly evolving, cutting-edge systems that are becoming increasingly intelligent at completing tasks like natural language processing, computer vision…

Aug 4, 2025 By Brandi Vincent