Artificial Intelligence

Startup debuts agentic AI assistant for war

As the Pentagon eyes agentic AI, a veteran-founded company introduces a tool that puts the military first.

  • Patrick Tucker

Judge blocks Pentagon's Anthropic ban, calling it illegal retaliation

The court ruled that the Trump administration's actions were "arbitrary and capricious."

  • Nick Wakeman

ODNI is building a framework to boost spy agencies’ AI adoption

A tech modernization push launched last year also included expanded threat hunting across IC networks, according to an official.

  • David DiMolfetta

Pentagon leaders called Claude AI 'woke.' Tests show otherwise.

The blacklist against Anthropic deprives the federal government of one of the most rigorously neutral—and capable—AI models.

  • Valerie Wirtschafter

Defense Business Brief: DOD lab audits?; Notes from McAleese; Spotlight on Alabama manufacturing

  • Lauren C. Williams

Defense Business Brief: 3D-printing on the battlefield; Reshoring drone dominance; AI on submarines

  • Lauren C. Williams

The D Brief: Mines laid in Hormuz; US casualty count; Missile defenses pulled from Asia; DOD’s smaller workforce; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

StateChat users move to older AI model as State dumps Anthropic

The chatbot's new model is trained on data only through May 2024, 13 months behind Claude.

  • Alexandra Kelley and David DiMolfetta

The D Brief: More mixed messaging on war; Airstrike pricetag; DOD civs pressed to seek border duty; Anthropic sues Hegseth; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: US toll rises to 8; Iran’s new leader; Building military-specific AI; Counting the rationales for war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Meet the startups trying to build military-specific AI

The Anthropic-Pentagon feud revealed a giant gap between what giant frontier models do and what troops actually need.

  • Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: Russia’s helping Iran; Updated strike map; Drone threats; DOD’s new CDO; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Defense Business Brief: Shrinking stockpiles + Epic Fury; and an exclusive look at how AI can up UUV’s game

  • Lauren C. Williams

The D Brief: Death toll, oil prices rise; Ukraine to send anti-drone help; WH calls industry meeting; Claude at war; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: US-Israel strikes continue; Hormuz closed; 4 US dead, ID’d; SOF join Ecuador drug ops; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Pentagon’s war on Anthropic based on ‘dubious’ legal thinking and ideology—not real risk, sources say

The company will "likely file suit against everybody,” one legal expert said.

  • Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: Iran war spreads across Mideast; Trump: ‘Wars can be fought forever’; Iranian, US death tolls rise; State urges evacuations from 16 nations; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker

The D Brief: War on Iran; Retaliation throughout the Gulf; Friendly fire downs F-15s; Anthropic ejected from federal service; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The D Brief: Anthropic says no to DOD; Afghanistan-Pakistan war; Ukraine tactics update; US laser downs DHS drone; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

The D Brief: SOTU quiet on policy; Defense tech’s European shift; Ukraine war in 10 charts; Cockpit AI evades ‘missile’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston

Air Force test pilots used tactical AI to evade a missile

A Skunk Works project pushed pilots to give artificial intelligence control in the cockpit.

  • Thomas Novelly