Pentagon
Pentagon business and news from across the web.- Alibaba gets a reprieve from US Chinese military banA judge has ruled that the Pentagon must grant Alibaba a reprieve regarding its placement on a Chinese military list. This decision provides a temporary halt to the ban affecting the company.
- SpaceX reportedly pressured the Pentagon into paying more for Starlink accessSpaceX is reportedly increasing the cost of its Starlink satellite internet service for the Pentagon. This comes after SpaceX had previously provided the service at a lower cost.
- AI Yi-Yi!The Pentagon has reached agreements with leading AI companies regarding safety protocols, though Anthropic was not included. Concerns about the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence were highlighted during a dramatic turn in an OpenAI trial.
- The FBI confirms it's buying Americans' location dataFBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the agency purchases commercially available location data to track individuals, citing its constitutionality under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. Senator Ron Wyden criticized this practice as an "outrageous end run" around the Fourth Amendment, especially with the use of AI for mass surveillance. The article also mentions past controversies involving Patel and other government agencies' data practices.
- AI Yi-Yi!OpenAI had previously banned military use of its AI models, yet the Pentagon reportedly tested these models through Microsoft. The article also touches on the unreliability of AI for everyday tasks, citing an example with Alexa.