Project Maven

Saturday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” Amber Smith, a combat veteran and former Deputy Assistant in the Department of Defense, talked about foreign policy. Smith said, “I think, looking forward, our adversaries would be wise to trust what he says and say maybe we should come to the table and…

As the US continues its strikes on Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury, speakers at Palantir's AIPCON event on Thursday said the company’s Maven Smart System product has shortened the time it takes the Department of Defense to select and hit targets on the battlefield during the conflict. “So…

A preliminary investigation by the United States Department of Defense has reportedly concluded that the United States was responsible for the strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed 175 children. The attack struck Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, and the investigation found the weapon used was likely an American…

This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts look at what’s at stake for Anthropic after the company sued the Department of Defense. They also take a look at the strategy behind the Trump administration sharing action-filled war memes on social media and share a scoop about how a controversial company…

Food Seems Fishy The Department of Defense is balls-to-the-wall obsessed with a certain shellfish. By Christina Cauterucci Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from…

The company is doubling down on its ethics stance with the new Anthropic Institute. Fresh from battling the US Department of Defense (DoD) over AI guardrails, Anthropic has returned this week with a new initiative: the company is founding a think tank, the Anthropic Institute, “to confront the most significant…

Google is rolling out Gemini AI agents to the Department of Defense's more than 3 million civilian and military employees, according to Bloomberg . The agents will initially operate on unclassified networks, with talks underway to expand them to classified and top-secret systems, according to Emil Michael, the Under Secretary…

On Monday, Anthropic filed its lawsuit against the Department of Defense over being designated as a supply chain risk. Hours later, nearly 40 employees from OpenAI and Google — including Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist and Gemini lead — filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s lawsuit, detailing their…

While the U.S. wreaks carnage on the Middle East, the Department of Defense is busy putting out embarrassing meme videos. The post The Children’s Iran War appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

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