Don’t blow the budget on ChatGPT: Army CIO sounds alarm on big bills for GenAI

Don’t blow the budget on ChatGPT: Army CIO sounds alarm on big bills for GenAI
Don’t blow the budget on ChatGPT: Army CIO sounds alarm on big bills for GenAI

“Let’s not have a bazillion flowers blooming in this space,” said Leonel Garciga. “That gets expensive very fast, and it gets really hard to protect our data.”

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For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less

For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less
For artificial intelligence to be mission-critical, it must hallucinate less

By fact checking the AI through a new verification process for Large Language Models, it’s possible to reduce hallucinations from 5-10 percent to as low as 0.1 percent.

Pentagon launches new generative AI ‘cell’ with $100M for pilots, experiments

Pentagon launches new generative AI ‘cell’ with $100M for pilots, experiments
Pentagon launches new generative AI ‘cell’ with $100M for pilots, experiments

Taking over for Task Force Lima, the new AI Rapid Capabilities Cell (AIRCC, or “arc”) will test cutting-edge Large Language Models and other GenAI tools for everything from war planning to cybersecurity.

Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches

Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches
Show me the data: DISA leaders outline do’s and don’ts on industry AI pitches

“Don’t do [AI] just to say that you have it,” said DISA CTO Steve Wallace. “We’ve seen a lot of vendors who claim to have it, and when you peel back the onion, there’s not a whole lot of depth.”

Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails

Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails
Trust but verif-AI: Army will let genAI draft acquisition documents, with guardrails

A user can’t just say “write me a Request For Proposals” and get the AI to blurt out a draft, explained Ask Sage founder Nic Chaillan. Instead, the software will guide them through the process step by step – and use multiple AI models to check each others’ work.

Anduril unveils new cruise-missile like weapon, plus voice-controlled drones

Anduril unveils new cruise-missile like weapon, plus voice-controlled drones
Anduril unveils new cruise-missile like weapon, plus voice-controlled drones

The defense tech startup disclosed a new “Barracuda” weapon, and put on a demo for reporters where drone wingmen were controlled using voice commands.

Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI

Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI
Deepfakes deepfail: Russian propagandists turn away from generative AI

With  Large Language Models, “you can make more of everything — misinformation, disinformation — but it doesn’t mean it’ll be very good,” said Clint Watts, general manager of the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center.

‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis

‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis
‘AI gold mine’: NGA aims to exploit archive of satellite images, expert analysis

“We’re sitting on two big sets of data,” said NGA’s Mark Munsell, referring to an unequalled archive of satellite imagery and all the intelligence analysts’ reports on that imagery – and they’re cross-referenced so an AI can correlate them easily.

NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT

NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT
NATO updates AI strategy for the age of ChatGPT

While generative AI can churn out dangerous disinformation, the revised AI strategy warns, it has so much potential upside that “It is vital for NATO to use these technologies … as soon as possible.”

Could AI help US intelligence end decades-long aversion to unclassified data?

Could AI help US intelligence end decades-long aversion to unclassified data?
Could AI help US intelligence end decades-long aversion to unclassified data?

In this op-ed, Joshua Haecker explains how AI and LLMs can help the Intelligence Community use unclassified information, an often untapped source.

How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more

How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more
How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more

The Defense Department wants to explore Large Language Models for everything from paperwork to war plans – without being misled by hallucinations or having sensitive information sucked up by commercial LLMs hungry for training data.

Now that Maven is a program of record, NGA looks at LLMs, data labeling

Now that Maven is a program of record, NGA looks at LLMs, data labeling
Now that Maven is a program of record, NGA looks at LLMs, data labeling

“We’ve hit our milestones and you’ll start seeing as we look to the next few months a lot more activity from the Maven office in terms of contracting,” Rachel Martin said.

DISA wants to use AI as a ‘digital concierge’ for its workforce

DISA wants to use AI as a ‘digital concierge’ for its workforce
DISA wants to use AI as a ‘digital concierge’ for its workforce

While DoD is seeing adoption of AI across the department, Steven Wallace added that DISA is trying to better understand the ethical use of the technology.

Researchers Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale

Researchers Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale
Researchers Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale

“We just needed a much smaller dataset, half hour of training time, and all of a sudden, GPT was now a New York Times writer,” said Andrew Lohn, senior research fellow at CSET.