The Pentagon awards $200 million contracts to Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI to develop AI systems for US defense and national security operations.

Google, Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's xAI — will help the DOD develop AI workflows for key national security missions.

This supercharging of extremist rhetoric will only amplify and encourage the antisemitism that is already surging on X and many other platforms,” the Anti-Defamation League cautioned on X, in reaction to Grok’s latest pro-Hitler and antisemitic tirades.

The Pentagon is set to spend nearly a billion dollars for AI with four major Silicon Valley tech firms, Google, xAI, OpenAI and Anthropic.

The Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts totaling nearly $800 million to four leading AI firms.

On July 9, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) voted 26-1 to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 to the Senate floor. The Senate version of the NDAA includes a comprehensive strategy to secure,

At a trillion dollars, this year’s defense budget request is big — and a record-setting $179 billion is just for research and development.

The announcement comes days after Grok spewed antisemitic and racist statements to its users, including praise for Adolf Hitler and “the white man.” It also referred to itself as “MechaHitler.” The debacle kick-started a wave of celebration amongst online extremists, many of whom called for the creation of more hateful AI chatbots.

Musk’s company, xAI, announced that it was releasing “Grok for Government,” a suite of products that allows federal, state, and local governments to utilize AI for their specific needs.

The cat’s out of the bag, folks. Uncle Sam is going in big when it comes to rare earth elements… As we discussed last Thursday, news broke that the Department of Defense is investing $400 million in one of America’s only rare earth miners: MP Materials (MP).