The Pentagon's new AI chief is a former Lyft executive
Craig Martell will guide the Defense Department through uncharted territory.
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Russian-backed hackers targeted US defense contractors to obtain sensitive information
The attacks date back to at least the start of 2020.
President Biden signs memo to help improve military cybersecurity
Whether this will lead to meaningful upgrades isn't clear.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Google pursues Pentagon cloud contract in spite of past employee concerns
In 2018, the company pulled out of another military contract over worker protests.
DARPA's PROTEUS program gamifies the art of war
The combat simulation system could give US Marines a big advantage in future conflicts.
Pentagon believes its precognitive AI can predict events 'days in advance'
Machine learning could help the military make proactive decisions.
Judge dismisses Amazon's legal challenge to JEDI after contract cancelation
The case became moot after Tuesday's announcement.
The Pentagon gave a company control of 175 million IP addresses
The move is meant to help check for security holes.
SpaceX wins contract to make US missile tracking satellites
They might be based on Starlink.
Pentagon says Microsoft still deserves $10 billion JEDI cloud contract
Amazon's legal complaints are still pending, however.Amazon and Microsoft are trash talking each other over a DoD contract
A $10 billion tug-of-war has led to heated exchanges via blog posts.
Pentagon probe can’t confirm Trump interfered with the JEDI contract
Several officials didn't participate in the investigation.
Judge grants Amazon’s request to put Microsoft’s Pentagon contract on hold
Amazon claims that the Pentagon’s decision was biased.
Amazon wants to question Trump over his role in the $10 billion DoD contract
The JEDI contract was ultimately awarded to Microsoft.
The Pentagon wants to catch rogue drones in nets
It just spent millions on a 'Drone Hunter' system.
Amazon claims Trump's 'personal vendetta' cost it $10 billion Pentagon contract
Amazon says it lost to Microsoft because of 'improper pressure' from the President.
Jeff Bezos: US is in 'big trouble' if Big Tech rejects military contracts
He wants Amazon to do more business with the Pentagon.
Pentagon's draft AI ethics guidelines fight bias and rogue machines
But how well will the Defense Department implement these principles?
DoD's $10 billion 'Jedi' cloud contract goes to Microsoft over Amazon
Google dropped out of the race last year.
New wristband could predict aggressive outbursts in people with autism
It monitors physiological changes to predict aggressive episodes 60 seconds ahead of time.
