Updates on Pentagon

Every AI story we track on Pentagon: 85 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

Pulled from 125 sources

This week

Military2 min read

Pentagon creates agency for technological sabotage in foreign countries — Politico

TASS English
Military2 min read

Documents Reveal Military Plan for Agentic AI That Hacks U.S. Adversaries

Gizmodo
Public Sector4 min read

Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back

TechCrunch
Politics4 min read

Emil Michael tells The Information export controls can rein in AI labs

The Next Web

This month

Public Sector2 min read

Anthropic urges court in Washington, DC, to rehear appeal of Pentagon blacklisting

CNBC
Military3 min read

Palantir CTO says the Pentagon has already replaced Anthropic’s AI

The Next Web

The U.S. Government Isn’t Ready For Quantum-Powered Hackers

Forbes
Military6 min read

Beware the Rise of the ‘Pentagon-Silicon Complex’

Gizmodo

Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study

Covered by 2 sources
Military1 min read

Musk to co-lead Pentagon’s new initiative tasked with studying 'the future of warfare'

TASS English

Anthropic’s Blacklisting by the Pentagon Was Legal, Federal Judges Rule

Covered by 7 sources
Military2 min read

It Turns Out the US Military Really Did Use AI to Blow Up a School Full of Iranian Children

Covered by 2 sources
Politics8 min read

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails

The Guardian
Military6 min read

Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children

Gizmodo
Politics3 min read

Pentagon CTO Emil Michael says the US should not take stakes in AI firms

Covered by 2 sources
Public Sector3 min read

Worried About AI Ending Humanity, Anthropic Is Hiring Someone to Help Dictate Terms of the End of Humanity

Gizmodo
AI Research5 min read

The AI doomsdayers aren't new. You just weren't paying attention.

Covered by 2 sources

Top Pentagon Official Rejects Anthropic Researcher’s AI Warning

Covered by 2 sources

Pentagon in Talks to Get Into AI Infrastructure Funding With a $5 Billion Loan

The Wall Street Journal
Military3 min read

US allies lack resources to keep pace on AI, top Pentagon official says

Covered by 2 sources
Military6 min read

Kawasaki signed an AI chip deal with a startup the Pentagon backs

The Next Web
Military5 min read

Pentagon Document Defines OpenAI ‘Mission Models’ by Minimal Refusal Rates

Unite.AI
AI Research5 min read

Federal Judge Rules Pentagon’s AI Blacklist Violated The Constitution

Forbes
Military4 min read

Smack Technologies raises $61m as the Pentagon’s hurry becomes a battlefield-AI business model

The Next Web
Robotics3 min read

Pentagon launches campaign for unmanned boats able to launch drones at sea

TechRadar
Robotics3 min read

US confirms it will leverage Ukraine's expertise in military drones before competing to 'be the world champions'

TechRadar
Military3 min read

Pentagon is looking for drone bombers, but don't expect a B52 replacement, as they'd carry only an 18 lb payload

TechRadar
Cybersecurity3 min read

DOGE Guys Who Didn’t Save Us Any Money Rake in Cash With New Military Tech Startup

Covered by 2 sources
Chips & Compute3 min read

CXMT prices a record $8.5bn Shanghai IPO, valuing China’s memory champion at $85bn

The Next Web
Public Sector3 min read

The emails that broke Anthropic and the Pentagon apart

The Next Web

Marc Andreessen joins the Pentagon’s board, and the old line blurs

The Next Web

The Pentagon’s AI platform went from 80,000 users to 1.5 million in six months

The Next Web

Democrats Want a Military AI Restriction Law Following Anthropic’s Pentagon Fallout

Gizmodo

Pentagon adds Alibaba, Baidu, BYD, and Unitree to its Chinese military companies list

The Next Web

Mach Industries quadruples to $1.8bn as the Pentagon’s drone-dominance push lifts every defence-tech valuation

The Next Web

Pentagon Reportedly Plans to Adopt and Weaponize Latest Cyber-Capable AI Models

Gizmodo

Scale AI wins $500m Pentagon contract, five times its previous Defense Department deal

The Next Web

In 2018, 4,000 Google employees killed a Pentagon contract. In 2026, Google signed a bigger one. Now the AI researchers are unionising

The Next Web

The Rest of Big Tech Piles in to Take the Pentagon Deal That Anthropic Wouldn’t

Gizmodo

Seven AI companies signed the Pentagon’s terms. The one that refused is worth $900 billion.

The Next Web

Pentagon inks deals with seven AI companies for classified military work

Covered by 2 sources

Google expands Pentagon’s access to its AI after Anthropic’s refusal

TechCrunch

Google reportedly signs classified AI deal with US Pentagon

Covered by 3 sources

Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war

The Guardian

Trump says Anthropic Pentagon deal is ‘possible’, weeks after blacklisting the company as a national security risk

The Next Web

NSA spies are reportedly using Anthropic’s Mythos, despite Pentagon feud

TechCrunch

Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon: a cautionary tale for democratic AI governance

The Next Web

US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company

The Guardian

Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon

Covered by 2 sources

Pentagon’s Biggest Champion of Blacklisting Anthropic Has a Few Million Reasons for His Stance

Gizmodo

Anthropic and Pentagon face off in court over ban on company’s AI model

The Guardian

Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’

TechCrunch

New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput

TechCrunch

The Pentagon is developing alternatives to Anthropic, report says

TechCrunch

Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks

TechCrunch

The Pentagon Claims That Anthropic’s ‘Soul’ Creates a Supply-Chain Risk. That Makes No Sense

Gizmodo

Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war

The Guardian

Outdated Targeting Data Blamed for Strike on Iranian School as Pentagon Fights for Autonomous Weapons

Gizmodo

Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon

Covered by 2 sources
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