Tag: defense sector
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Cloud Blog: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/public-sector/google-distributed-cloud-at-the-edge-powers-us-air-force-mobility-guardian-2025/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Distributed Cloud at the edge powers U.S. Air Force Mobility Guardian 2025 Feedly Summary: For today’s mission owner, operating effectively in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments is paramount. The Department of Defense’s strategy requires smaller, dispersed teams to function autonomously, creating a critical need…
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The Register: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/dod_scale_ai_deal/ Source: The Register Title: Scale AI says ‘tanks a lot’ to Pentagon for data-classifying deal Feedly Summary: First up: $41M to use human annotators to label all that unstructured military data. What could go wrong? Data curation firm Scale AI has partnered with the Pentagon to deploy its AI on Top Secret…
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The Register: New cybersecurity rules land for Defense Department contractors
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/new_cybersecurity_compliance_rules_dod/ Source: The Register Title: New cybersecurity rules land for Defense Department contractors Feedly Summary: Now if only someone would remember to apply those rules inside the DoD It’s about to get a lot harder for private companies that are lax on cybersecurity to get a contract with the Pentagon, as the Defense…
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AlgorithmWatch: Border Surveillance on the Move to Enforce Restrictive Measures
Source URL: https://algorithmwatch.org/en/border-surveillance-on-the-move/ Source: AlgorithmWatch Title: Border Surveillance on the Move to Enforce Restrictive Measures Feedly Summary: In two recent Horizon Europe research projects, adaptable and mobile AI-based surveillance assemblages are developed to secure both the external and internal borders of the European Union. AlgorithmWatch looked into project material that revealed a lopsided fixation on…
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The Register: Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/popular_nodejs_utility_used_by/ Source: The Register Title: Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev Feedly Summary: Fast-glob is widely used in government, security lab says A Node.js utility used by thousands of public projects – and more than 30 Department of Defense ones – appears to have a sole…
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Slashdot: Palantir Lands $10 Billion Army Software and Data Contract
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/01/2055248/palantir-lands-10-billion-army-software-and-data-contract?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Palantir Lands $10 Billion Army Software and Data Contract Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on Palantir’s substantial $10 billion contract with the U.S. Army to create an AI-focused enterprise framework, signaling a significant step in military AI integration and procurement efficiency. This partnership…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/science/math-ai-darpa.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries? Feedly Summary: Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new initiative by the…
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The Register: Pulsant and Nine23 offer sovereign service for UK govt, regulated sectors
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/18/pulsant_nine23_sovereign_cloud/ Source: The Register Title: Pulsant and Nine23 offer sovereign service for UK govt, regulated sectors Feedly Summary: Amid growing unease that US may compel cloud providers to hand over European data Capitalizing on the new interest in sovereign cloud, UK datacenter biz Pulsant has teamed up with Nine23, a firm specializing in…
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The Register: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/17/dod_openai_contract/ Source: The Register Title: Defense Department signs OpenAI for $200 million ‘frontier AI’ pilot project Feedly Summary: DoD says deal covers ‘warfighting’. OpenAI merely mentions healthcare and ‘supporting proactive cyber defense’ The US Department of Defense has contracted OpenAI to run a pilot program that will create “frontier AI," but it’s not…