cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/59457633
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.
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.
“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 reason nobody cares about the numbers is the lack of context. AI can provide that context, or hallucinate an interesting context if one isn’t available.